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1. Evolution of the role of religion in the history of the Russian state -- 2. Religion in the social and political life of the Russian Federation -- 3. Religion in Russian views on foreign policy -- 4. Characteristics of Russian "religious diplomacy" -- 5. Russia's Orthodox brotherhood with Belarus and Serbia -- 6. The betrayal syndrome in Russia's relationships with Ukraine, Estonia and Georgia -- 7. Occasional community : Russian policy towards Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro -- 8. The long shadow of Byzantium : Russian-Greek relations in the face of rivalry between the two churches -- 9. Between fear and the necessity of cooperation Russian policy on Muslim countries -- 10. Among us, the chosen nations : tendencies in Russian-Israeli relations -- 11. Neighbourhood of giants : the place of the Russian Federation in Asian cultural space between India and the People's Republic of China -- 12. There can only be one Rome : Russia's traumatic relations with the Vatican -- 13. The antichrist lives in the West : the ideological burden of Russia's policy on the United States of America.

Religious discrimination and religious freedom at work -- Seeking a definition of religion and belief -- Protecting religion at work -- Freedom of religion at work : the European dimension -- Protection against religion and belief discrimination in the UK -- Accommodating religion and belief in the workplace: North American perspectives -- Conclusion : religious freedom at work

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One The Blinders Were on Prior to 9/11 -- Chapter Two This Kind of Terror is not New -- Chapter Three A Brief History of Religious Terrorism -- Chapter Four The History of Violence in Religion -- Chapter Five Zionists, Crusaders and Jihadists -- Chapter Six The Jewish Fist: Sanctification of the Name -- Chapter Seven Guns and Jesus: Christian Identity and the Patriot Movement -- Chapter Eight Christian Patriots: Serious Activists and Stolen Identity -- Chapter Nine Islamic Jihad: Holy or Unholy Warriors? -- Chapter Ten Allah's Sweet Revenge: Black Gold in the Ground -- Chapter Eleven Unlikely Bedfellows: Uncommon Commonalities -- Chapter Twelve Are All Terrorists and Religions the Same? -- An Open Letter to My Religious Readers -- About the Author

A peculiar and fascinating aspect of many responses to mass atrocities is the creative and eclectic use of religious language and frameworks. Some crimes are so extreme that they 'cry out to heaven', drawing people to employ religious vocabulary to make meaning of and to judge what happened, to deal with questions of guilt and responsibility, and to re-establish hope and trust in their lives. Moreover, in recent years, religious actors have become increasingly influential in worldwide contexts of conflict-resolution and transitional justice. This collection offers a critical assessment of the possibilities and problems pertaining to attempts to bring religious - or semi-religious - allegiances and perspectives to bear in responses to the mass atrocities of our time: When and how can religious language or religious beliefs and practices be either necessary or helpful? And what are the problems and reasons for caution or critique? In this book, a group of distinguished scholars explore these questions and offer a range of original explanatory and normative perspectives

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Intro -- Foreword: The Role of Religion for Living Together in a Diverse Society -- Contents -- Introduction: Religious Diversity and Interreligious Dialogue -- The Challenge of Religious Pluralization -- The Academy of World Religions at Hamburg University and the European ReDi Research Project -- Structure and Contributions to the Publication -- Religious Diversity in Global and National Perspectives -- The Local Governance of Religious Diversity and Interreligious Dialogue -- Religious Communities and Diversity -- Interreligious Communication and the Role of Media -- The Contribution of Religious Education to Dialogue and Integration -- Interreligious Dialogue in the Public Sphere -- Dialogical Theology -- References -- Part I: Religious Diversity in Global and National Perspectives -- Toward a New Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age -- Reference -- Global Migration, Religious Diversity and Dialogue: Toward a Post-Westphalian Circumstance -- "The Times, they Are a-Changing" -- From Modernization/Secularizaton to Globalization/Pluralization -- Global Migration and Religious Diversity: The Canadian Case -- Researching Canadian Religious Pluralization -- In Conclusion: The Question of Dialogue -- References -- Integration, Laicity and Islam in France -- "Islamization of Radicalization" or "Radicalization of Islam"? -- The Issue of Muslim Anti-Semitism -- The Muslims in France: A Population Discriminated Against and Relatively Integrated -- In Search of the Most Decisive Factors: Socio-economic or Ideological? -- The Clothing Visibility Linked with Islam and the Reactions It Causes -- The Clothing of Some Muslim Women: A Challenge for Social Cohesion? -- Unveiled Face, a Condition for Democracy? -- Summer 2016: The Affair of the Burkini -- The Enlargement of the Field of Laicity in the Face of Islam.

Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including:• A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn• A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities• A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women – respectfully.Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1

While existing scholarship addresses the influence of religious affiliation on political attitudes and behaviors in the United States, a number of puzzling questions remain unanswered. In response, Matthew Miles demonstrates that a more complete conceptualization of religion as a social identity can help to explain many of those puzzles. As he explores the impact, both positive and negative, of religious identity on political attitudes, he also shows that the religion-politics relationship is not a one-way street

This multi-authored book explores the ways that many influential ethical traditions - secular and religious, Western and non-Western - wrestle with the moral dimensions of poverty and the needs of the poor. These traditions include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, among the religious perspectives; classical liberalism, feminism, liberal-egalitarianism, and Marxism, among the secular; and natural law, which might be claimed by both. The basic questions addressed by each of these traditions are linked to several overarching themes: what poverty is, the particular vulnerabilities of high-risk groups, responsibility for the occurrence of poverty, preferred remedies, how responsibility for its alleviation is distributed, and priorities in the delivery of assistance. This volume features an introduction to the types, scope, and causes of poverty in the modern world and concludes with Michael Walzer's broadly conceived commentary, which provides a direct comparison of the presented views and makes suggestions for further study and policy

Perhaps the most disturbing feature of globalization is the emergence of a new tribalism, an attitude expressed in the common phrase, thank God we're not like them. Religious Othering: Global Dimensions explores this political and religious phenomenon. Why are these new xenophobic movements erupting around the world at this moment in history, and what are the features of religious identity that seem to appeal to them? How do we make sense of the strident forms of religious exclusion that have been a part of the past and re-emerged around the world in recent years? This book brings together research scholars from different fields who have had to answer these questions in their own ground-breaking research on religious-othering movements. Written in an engaging, personal style, these essays share these scholars' attempts to get inside the worldviews of these neo-nationalists through such research approaches as participant observation, empathetic interviews, and close textual reading. Religious Othering: Global Dimensions is of interest to students and scholars in religious studies and the social sciences. In addition, anyone concerned about the rise of religious extremism in the contemporary world will be fascinated with these journeys into the mindsets of dogmatic and sometimes violent religious groups.

Preliminary Materials /Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler -- Introduction: Searching for pathways in a landscape of death: Religion and aids in Africa /Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler -- The rise of occult powers, aids and the roman catholic church in western Uganda /Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition: Arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya /Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ: Paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Uganda /Catrine Christiansen -- Aids and the power of God: Narratives of decline and coping strategies in Zanzibar /Nadine Beckmann -- Competing explanations and treatment choices: Muslims, Aids and arvs in Tanzania /Felicitas Becker -- 'Muslims have instructions' Hiv/Aids, modernity and islamic religious education in Kisumu, Kenya /Jonas Svensson -- 'Keeping up appearances': Sex and religion amongst university students in Uganda /Jo Sadgrove -- Healing the wounds of modernity: Salvation, community and care in a neo-pentecostal church in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania /Hansjörg Dilger -- Gloves in times of aids: Pentecostalism, hair and social distancing in Botswana /Rijk Van Dijk -- Leprosy of a deadlier kind: Christian conceptions of aids in the south african Lowveld /Isak Niehaus -- Subjects of counselling: Religion, Hiv/Aids and the management of everyday life in South Africa /Marian Burchardt -- Therapeutic evangelism—Confessional technologies, antiretrovirals and biospiritual transformation in the fight against Aids in West Africa /Vinh-Kim Nguyen -- Conclusion /John Lonsdale -- Notes on contributors /Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler -- Index /Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler -- Studies of religion in Africa /Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler.