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This volume brings together scholars and researchers working on memory and religion in ancient urban environments. Chapters explore topics relating to religious traditions and memory, and the multifunctional roles of architectural and geographical sites, mythical figures and events, literary works and artefacts. Pagan religions were often less static and more open to new influences than previously understood. One of the factors that shape religion is how fundamental elements are remembered as valuable and therefore preservable for future generations. Memory, therefore, plays a pivotal role whe

Over the years, the debate on whether or not there is a nexus between religion and politics has been a matter of considerable dispute among religious people, particularly among Christians. In response to such dispute, this paper argues that politics and religion are not only strongly connected, they are mutually compatible, both practically and theoretically. A working model to prove the workability of the compatibility of religion and politics in this paper will be Gandhism or better put – Gandhian philosophy. Some Indian-Hindu principles employed by Gandhi as roots of his philosophy (Gandhism) will be outlined and explained with reference to the Nigerian situation. Also, the employment of Gandhism as a working model will reveal that politics pervades all religions, and consequently, Gandhism embraces Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and other religious faiths and creeds provided that such a believer's love for mankind is unshakable. The conclusion will be that religion and politics are inseparable. But Religion and politics if not well managed and coordinated could be a curse and a source of worry for the society. Gandhi's linkage of religion and politics is also in tune with the present day enlightened securalism.

The Methods of Science and Religion is a philosophical analysis of the conflict between science and religion, which challenges the popular, contemporary view that science and religion are complementary worldviews. It exposes their methodological incompatibility and concludes that religious modes of investigation are unreliable.

Published online: 29 June 2012 ; Growing attention is given in IR theory and diplomatic circles to the ambivalent role of religion in world politics. However, there is a need for more analytical clarity, identifying at least four different domains: religions and inter-state relations; religions and internationalism; religions and trans-nationalism; and religions and globalism. The most promising approach is the one that concentrates on the transnational projection of religions, connecting it to the way religions address global issues to influence international actors.

In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion.Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple resolutions, Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of the secular and the religious as a basis f

Martin Pabst (zuletzt: "Arabischer Frühling ohne Sommer?", ID-A 8/21) legt eine äusserst komplexe Abhandlung sämtlicher Dimensionen Saudi-Arabiens - Geschichte, Politik, Religion, Gesellschaft - vor. Dabei spart der Autor nicht an Kritik an der absoluten Monarchie und am extrem ausgeübten Islam (Wahhabismus), wenn auch in einem wissenschaftlich-neutralen Ton. Trotzdem wird immer wieder deutlich, dass gerade unter dem Kronprinzen Muhammad bin Salman Reformen möglich und angestrebt sind (Saudi Vision 2030), allerdings nur als Reformen, die vom Königshaus abgesegnet sind. Das Land bemüht sich um ein neues positives Image. Dies wird jedoch aufgrund massiver Menschenrechtsverletzungen und der Unterdrückung der Frauen immer wieder in Frage gestellt. Saudi Arabien ist ein Land in einer entscheidenden Transformationsphase. Man versucht die Abhängigkeit vom Erdöl zu überwinden, dazu eine Vormachtstellung am Persischen Golf zu erringen. Innenpolitisch konkurrieren von der Religion geprägte Traditionen mit den Lebensentwürfen junger Saudis. Mit Karte, Anmerkungen u. Register. Leider keine Fotos. - Spannend! (1 S) Anja Weigerding

Address to congress, concerning various articles of the Spanish Constitution, in particular article 3, declaring Catholicism to be the perpetual state religion of Mexico, and article 6, assuring personal security. Signed Maria de la Luz Puertas de Bandini and others, dated 6 February 1833