The Holy Book in Comparative Perspective
Author | : Frederick Mathewson Denny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Frederick Mathewson Denny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ted Gerard Jelen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2002-04-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1316582744 |
Religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries religion is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some a potent social cleavage. In some religion reinforces the state, in others it provides the space for resistance. This book contains a series of detailed studies examining religion and politics in specific countries or regions. The cases include countries with one dominant religious tradition, and others with two or more competing traditions. They include Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto and Buddhism. They include states where religion and politics are closely linked, and others with at least a low wall of separation between church and state. The cases are organized by the type of religious marketplace, but allow many other comparisons as well. We develop some generalizations from the cases, and hope that they will be a fertile source of theorizing for others.
Author | : Jocelyne Cesari |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019878855X |
This collection reframes the debate around Islam and women's rights within a broader comparative literature that examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality.
Author | : Wilfred Cantwell Smith |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1997-07-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791433942 |
A distinguished historian of religion explores the contemporary culture of the Western world.
Author | : John Renard |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 684 |
Release | : 2011-03-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520948335 |
In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as well as the differences between Islam and Christianity through a clear exploration of four major dimensions—historical, creedal, institutional, and ethical and spiritual. Throughout, the book features comparisons between concrete elements such as creedal statements, prayer texts, and writings from major theologians and mystics. It also includes a glossary of technical theological terms. For western readers in particular, this balanced, authoritative work overturns some common stereotypes about Islam, especially those that have emerged in the decade since September 11, 2001.
Author | : Miriam Levering |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780887066139 |
Exploring the nature of texts, this book explains how scriptures function within religions. Topics covered include the oral dimensions of scripture, canon formation, a study of the word in Hindu life, and the role of text in Buddhism.
Author | : Michael Cook |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2016-12-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0691173346 |
Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religions Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance—or irrelevance—of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism—in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion—is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians. A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today.
Author | : William E. Paden |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2015-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0807012122 |
From Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions.
Author | : David Little |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
This volume provides a comparative consideration of attempts to manage and resolve nationalist conflicts in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan--with two prominent thinkers examining each case--and examines how lessons from those situations might inform similar efforts in Iraq.
Author | : Thomas Arthur Russell |
Publisher | : Universal-Publishers |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1599428776 |
Comparative Christianity: A Student's Guide to a Religion and its Diverse Traditions explores what Christians have in common and then works through the three major subdivisions of the faith: Eastern, Roman, and Protestant. Using categories common to many definitions of religion, each chapter employs the categories of belief, individual and group moral codes, ceremonies, and associations. The book is a good choice for a textbook on Christianity, for the general reader and/or the follower of other religious traditions who want to learn about the Christian faith. By reading this book, readers will have a fuller knowledge of what Christians, whatever tradition, have in common and what distinguishes one Christian group from another. Comparative Christianity is different than other similar books on the market. It includes groups normally ignored, such as the Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and Mormon groups beyond the scope of the Salt Lake City Latter-day Saints community (including the recent Texas group at the center of a polygamy controversy). Also, Comparative Christianity includes a review quiz at the end of each chapter so that readers can see how much knowledge they have acquired. These quizzes may also be used by professors if the text is used in a course.