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"Development and Religion" published on by Oxford University Press.

Frontmatter; Contents; Servants of Two Masters: Religion, Economy, and Cooperation; Religious Culture and Cooperative Prediction under Risk: Perspectives from Social Neuroscience; Rational Choice Theory and Bounded Rationality; Playing against Superior Beings in Religion, Technology and Economy; Durkheim and Psychology; Religion and the Emergence of the Rule of Law; Max Weber Revisited; The Market, God, and the Ascetic Life; Backmatter.

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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Religion, Democracy and Citizenship -- 1 Religion and the Development of Civic Virtue: The Republican Perspective -- 2 Religion and the Protection of Individual Rights: The Liberal Perspective -- 3 Religion and the Basis of Social Cohesion: The Communitarian Perspective -- References -- Part I: Religion and the Development of Civic Virtue -- Chapter 2: Are Religious People the Better Democratic Citizens? -- 1 Theoretical Introduction -- 1.1 Democracy -- 1.2 Citizenship -- 1.3 Religion -- 2 Design of the Study -- 2.1 Research Question, Procedure and Sample -- 2.2 Measuring Instruments -- 3 Findings -- 3.1 Democracy -- 3.2 Citizenship -- 4 Interpretation and Discussion -- References -- Documents -- Chapter 3: Educating for Civil Society and Democracy in Non-formal Programs of Religious Education: The Example of Confirmation Work -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method: The International Project on Confirmation Work -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Participation Rates -- 3.2 Selected General Results -- 3.3 Specific Results Concerning Education for Civil Society -- 3.4 Supporting Prosocial Attitudes -- 3.5 Strengthening the Voluntary Commitment of Young People -- 3.6 Allowing Young Volunteers to Take over Responsibility -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4: Contributing to Local and Civil Society: Explorations for a Context-Sensitive and Public Character of Pastoral Ministry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pastoral Ministry in the Context of Civil Society - Case Studies from East Germany -- 2.1 The Context of Rural Areas in East Germany -- 2.2 The Role of the Protestant Church -- 2.3 Case Studies and Typology -- 3 Searching for Contours of Public Ministry - Reflections of Pastoral-Theology and Church-Theory -- 3.1 Pastoral-Theology -- 3.2 Church Theory.

Religion and Hip Hop brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. Bringing postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion to bear on Hip Hop cultural practices, this book examines how scholars in religious and theological studies have deployed and approached religion when analyzing Hip Hop data. Using existing empirical studies on youth and religion to the cultural criticism of the Humanities, Religion and Hip Hop argues that common among existing scholarship is a thin interrogation of the category.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Part I Mapping the field -- Chapter 1 What is a sociology of religion? -- Inventing sociology -- Materialism and the social -- From material to meaning -- Durkheim and the social collective -- The function of religion -- Notes -- Indicative reading -- Chapter 2 How do we know what we know? -- Introduction -- Religion is 'man' made -- Questioning the questioner -- Sociology of religion and ethnography -- Asking questions -- Surveys -- Ethics and method -- Note -- Indicative reading -- Chapter 3 The contemporary religious landscape: Retreat, reinvention and resurgence -- Introduction -- Retreat -- Reinvention -- New religious movements -- Resurgence -- Notes -- Indicative reading -- Part II Religion and its publics -- Chapter 4 Politics and religion -- Introduction -- Locating the study of politics and religion -- At stake is the state: sharing the load -- Religion and nationalism -- Religion and politics by census -- Notes -- Indicative reading -- Chapter 5 Violence and crime -- Introduction -- Defining religious violence -- Religious genocide -- Religious terrorism -- Suicide bombing -- Religious response to crime -- Creating the criminal subject -- Note -- Indicative reading -- Chapter 6 Policing religion: Religious equality, social justice and the law -- Introduction -- What are 'human rights'? -- The public, the private: are human rights sacred? -- The role of the state in human rights -- Human rights and religion: case examples -- Right to education -- Right to work with religious beliefs -- Courts compared: the ECHR and Supreme Court (USA) -- The right to rights -- 'Rights' and the conservative/liberal divide -- Note -- Indicative reading -- Part III Contested borders -- Chapter 7 Gender and sexuality -- Introduction.

The Encyclopedia of Religion and War explores the complex relationship between religion and war including religion as a source of conflict and the role war holds in the development and spread of religion. In light of the on-going conflicts in the world today, this volume is both timely and valuable for all students, scholars, and general readers interested in history, sociology, current events, and politics, as well as religion.http://www.routledge-ny.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=0415942462&parent_id=&pc=

Argues that religion & religious organizations could play a significant part in promoting a constructive conflict dynamic for resolving future confrontations in the new world order. Following an examination of the role of religious organizations in religious wars, low-intensity violence, structural violence, cultural violence, & their function as religious bystanders in conflicts, the possible influence of religious organizations in peace-building & peace-making is explored. Anticipating the likely role of religious influences in future conflicts, it is concluded that the creation of a new global ethic remains an urgent research challenge. 3 Tables, 45 References. S. Barrera