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Tyler reviews The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam edited by J. Harold Ellens.

"Judaism and World Religions is essential for a Jewish theological understanding of the various issues in encounters with the other major religions. With passion and clarity, Brill argues that in today's world of strong religious passions and intolerance, it is necessary to go beyond secular tolerance toward moderate religious positions. Brill outlines strategies for Jews who want to remain true to traditional sources while interacting with the diversity of the world's religions. With insight and scholarship, Alan Brill crisply outlines the Jewish approaches to other religions for an age of globalization"--

Ein burmesisches Sprichwort neueren Datums besagt, dass das burmesische Fernsehen nur zwei Farben kennt — grün und gelb, wobei grün für die Uniformen der Generäle steht und gelb für die buddhistischen Mönchsroben. Nichts charakterisiert den Zusammenhang zwischen der zunehmenden öffentlichen Präsenz der Generäle und der Manipulation des Buddhismus für politische Zwecke besser als dieser Ausspruch.

New perspectives on ethnic relations, Islam and neoliberalism have emerged in Turkey since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. Placing the period within its historical and contemporary context, Tahir Abbas argues that what it is to be ethnically, religiously and culturally Turkish has been transformed. He explores how issues of political trust, social capital and intolerance towards minorities have characterised Turkey in the early years of the 21st-century. He shows how a radical neoliberal economic and conservative outlook has materialised, leading to a clash over the religious, political and cultural direction of Turkey. These conflicts are defining the future of the nation

1. Winners and Losers in Nation-Building in the Post-Ottoman Middle East -- 2. Chaos in Dar'ul Islam After the Ottomans: The Modern Middle East -- 3. Recent Scholarship on the End of Ottomans and the Making of the Modern Middle East -- 4. The Roots of Islamic Underdevelopment: From Mercantilism to Imperialism -- 5. The Elusive Quest for the Islamic Social Contract: The Contest Between Nationalism and Imperialism -- 6. The Making of the Modern Middle East: Western Invasion, the Sykes-Picot Legacy, Failed States and Terrorism -- 7. The New Silk Route: Long-Term Revival of the Muslim World? -- 8. Europe, Turkey, and Islam: From Crusades to Inter-Faith Cooperation -- 9. The Muslim Refugee Crisis and Moral Failure -- 10. Why the Arab World Never Produced a Democratic Leader? -- 11. Democracy, Arabs, and Islamic Revival? -- 12. A Summing Up -- 13. Postscript on Ukraine War -- Index.

Based on a comparative project on media and religion across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, this article analyzes relationships between religiosity and political attitudes in Scandinavia and how these connect with attitudes regarding the representation of Islam in various media. Data comes from population-wide surveys conducted in the three countries in April 2015. Most Scandinavians relate 'religion' with conflict, and half of the population perceives Islam as a threat to their national culture. Scandinavians thus perceive religion in terms of political tensions and predominantly feel that news media should serve a critical function towards Islam and religious conflicts. Finally, the results of the empirical analysis are discussed in view of the intertwined processes of politicization of Islam and mediatization of religion.

Contents: Preface -- 1. Defining the issues in religion and finance -- 2. The three Abrahamic religions -- 3. Attitudes of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to usury -- 4. Social policy in the Abrahamic religions -- 5. Economic framework of the Abrahamic religions -- 6. What the Abrahamic religions say about contemporary financial practices -- 7. Partnership based equity instruments -- 8. Sale based debt instruments -- 9. The future of interest-free financing -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index.