Controversies in contemporary religion : education, law, politics, society, and spirituality / Paul Hedges, editor.
This book addresses a variety of current religious issues, analyzing religion's role in the rise of fundamentalism, censorship, human rights, environmentalism and sustainability, sexuality, bioethics, and other areas. The first volume covers theoretical and academic debates, the second looks at...
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Table of Contents:
- Volume 1. Theoretical and academic debates
- What is religion? Or, what is it we are talking about? / Anna S. King and Paul Hedges
- Is the study of religion religious? How to study religion, and who studies religion / Paul Hedges and Anna S. King
- Charisma, scriptures, revelation, and reason : sources of religious authority / Paul Hedges and Christina Welch
- Religion and embodiment : religion and the (Latin American) bodies that practice it / Renée de la Torre
- Religion, commodification, and consumerism / Vineeta Sinha
- Terror/ism and violence in the name of God / Lucien van Liere
- Belonging, behaving, believing, becoming : religion and identity / Paul Hedges and Angela Coco
- Why are there many gods? Religious diversity and its challenges / Paul Hedges
- Is religion dying? Secularization and other religious trends in the world today / Jayeel Serrano Cornelio
- Christian and Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist : can you have a multiple religious identity? / Rose Drew
- Empires and religions : colonialism, postcolonialism, and orientalism / Clinton Bennett.
- Volume 2. Debates in the public square and ethical issues
- Women in religion : does gender matter? / Kayla Wheeler
- Friend or foe : current debates in science and religion / Allison P. Coudert
- Sexuality and religion : homosexuality and religious values / Maria das Dores Campos Machado
- Religion and human rights : conflicts and connections / Nazila Ghanea and Farrah Ahmed
- The new atheists / Ian S. Markham and Christine Faulstich
- Censorship, free speech, and religion / Christoph Baumgartner and Irene van Renswoude
- Is religion environmentally friendly? Connecting religion and ecology / James Miller
- Religion and culture : religious artifacts as t-shirts, toys, and museum exhibits / Christina Welch
- Are religions prejudiced? Religion and disability / Susannah Cornwall
- Religion, nationalism, and international relations / Enzo Pace
- Religion and politics / Marion Maddox
- Riots, mass casualties, and religious hatred : countering anticosmopolitan terror through intercultural and interreligious understanding / Anna Halafoff.
- Volume 3. Specific issues and case studies
- The rise of fundamentalisms / Christopher J. van der Krogt
- Loving the "enemy" : an alternative narrative on Jewish-Muslim relations / Yafiah Katherine Randall
- Buddhism, nationalism, and violence in Asia / Jude Lal Fernando
- Religion and bioethics : human genetics and embryo research / Neil Messer
- What do Americans think of Muslims? The 9/11 Islamic Community Center / Khaleel Mohammed
- New religious movements, "cults," and the state / Ryan J.T. Adams
- Sharia law and women in Islam / Adis Duderjia
- Can Christianity take new forms? Christianity in new cultural contexts / James L. Cox
- New religious movements in global context / Nobutaka Inoue
- Scandals / Marion Maddox
- Can Christians engage in non-Christian practices? Eastern meditations and contemplative prayer / Fabrice Blée.