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Through a series of case studies taken from everyday experiences of people following a variety of religions, this book interrogates the supposed epistemological dualism between modernity and religion in India. Through a study of oral and textual traditions, examining the perspectives of women and other marginal social and regional groups, as well as the diaspora, it presents dynamically interacting textures of society-historically and in our contemporary times-engaging with modernity in divergent ways

Während eines Großteils des 20. Jahrhunderts prägten zwei Ideen die politische Diskussion im Nahen Osten: Nationalismus und Sozialismus. Heute jedoch, da das Jahrhundert sich seinem Ende zuneigt, haben beide Ideen an Attraktivität eingebüßt. Den stärksten Glaubwürdigkeitsverlust mußte dabei der Sozialismus hinnehmen. Inzwischen ist der islamische Fundamentalismus eine starke und in manchen Gebieten weiter erstarkende Kraft. Dabei handelt es sich nicht, wie manche westliche Beobachter zu glauben scheinen, um eine einheitliche, geeinte und zentral gesteuerte Organisation oder Bewegung. Die fundamentalistischen Gruppen unterscheiden sich nicht nur je nach Land, sondern mitunter auch innerhalb einzelner Länder. Der Autor liefert eine Typologie der Regierungsformen, die in den islamischen Ländern des Nahen Ostens und Nordafrikas derzeit anzutreffen sind. Folgende Klassifizierung bietet sich dazu an: (1) Traditionelle Autokratien, (2) Autokratien auf dem Weg der Liberalisierung, (3) Diktaturen, (4) Die ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken, (5) Revolutionäre islamische Regime. (pre)

"This concise and accessible introduction brings the writings of Marx and Engels and later thinkers in the Marxist tradition including Althusser, Gramsci, the Frankfurt School as well as Liberation Theologians such as Gutierrez and Maduro, into focus in relation to questions of religion, social change and social justice"--

The themes of religion and politics and their relation in human societies have been a major subject for Cardinal Bernardin. He discussed them widely as a bishop and as a citizen, in the Conference of American Bishops, at universities – where he delivered speeches – among the believers of his archdiocese. As people of faith and citizens of all countries, we find that his questions are our questions too, his analysis is worth reading and studying. Does a separation of Church and State – as it can be seen in our Western culture – offer better ground to carry on two‐level policies, or is it better to have them both administered by a same body, as it happens in Muslim countries? In which ways can church and state cooperate and help each other? What is the role that we have to perform as Christians when called to give our contribution in the political life? This and much more finds extensive explanation in Bernardin's approach.