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What role should religious convictions play in political activities? Christopher Eberle is at odds with the dominant orthodoxy among political theorists about the relation of religion and politics. He argues that a citizen may ground political commitments on religious beliefs, even if those political commitments are religious in nature

A scholar of world religions investigates religiously motivated violence that occurred in medieval Tibet and Bhutan, as well as in modern India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Japan. The fusion of religious and national identity in high lamas and divine kings has caused just as much violence in Asia as it did in Europe and the Middle East.

Michael Scott addresses a range of central questions about the meaning of religious language and discourse. - Should we treat religious discourse at face value or are there fundamental differences between religious discourse and other areas of descriptive discourse? - Is 'God' a name and how does it refer? - Are religious utterances metaphorical? - Do religious utterances express feelings, intentions or stances as well as or instead of beliefs? The book draws on current research in the philosophy of language as well as work in theology and Continental Philosophy to develop a novel theory of religious language. New work and original insights are also presented on the historical development of research in the field. This is first original, wide-ranging account of the meaning of religious language in over two decades.

The relation between religion and human rights is a contested one, as they appear to compete with one another. Religion is often considered to represent a tradition of heteronomy and subordination in premodern times. Human rights emerged from early modern and modern times and stand for principles like human dignity, autonomy, equality. The first question in this book is how to define religion, its meaning, fucntions and structures, and how to study it. The second question is how to understand religion from its relation with human rights in such a way that justice is done to both religion and human rights. These questions are dealt with using a historical and systematic approach. The third question is what the impact of religion might be on attitudes towards human rights, i.e. human rights culture. For an answer, empirical research is reported among about 1000 students, Christians, Muslims, and nonreligious, at the end of secondary and the beginning of tertiary education in the Netherlands. (Quelle: Text Verlagseinband / Verlag)

Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care -- Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Religious Understandings of a Good Death -- Chapter 1: Cicely Saunders and the Development of Hospice Palliative Care -- Chapter 2: "Like a Ripe Fruit Separating Effortlessly from Its Vine" Religious Understandings of a Good Death: Hinduism -- Chapter 3: Welcoming an Old Friend: Buddhist Perspectives on Good Death -- Chapter 4: Muslim Perspectives on a Good Death in Hospice and End‑of‑Life Care -- Chapter 5: Tradition and Change in Jewish Ideals Regarding a "Good" Death -- Chapter 6: Dying Well in Christianity -- Chapter 7: Chinese Religions and Hospice Care -- Part II: Case Studies -- Chapter 8: Buddhist Hospice Care in Thailand -- Chapter 9: The Ugandan Way of Living and Dying -- Chapter 10: Punjabi Extended Family Hospice Care -- Chapter 11: Seeking Physical, Cultural, Ethical, and Spiritual "Safe Space" for a Good Death: The Experience of Indigenous Peoples in Accessing Hospice Care -- Chapter 12: Caring for Children in Hospice and Palliative Care: The Spiritual/Religious Dimension -- Chapter 13: Interfaith Chaplaincy in Hospice Palliative Care -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Index.

The First World War was a transformative event, affecting international culture, economics, and geopolitics. Though often presented as the moment heralding a new secular era of modernity, in actuality the war experience was grounded in religious faith and ritual for many participants. This Element examines how religion was employed by the state to solicit support and civic participation, while also being subordinated to the strategic and operational demands of the combatant armies. Even as religion was employed to express dissent, it was also used as a coercive tool to ensure compliance with the wartime demands of the state on civilians.

Leading scholars - including Peter Berger, John Esposito, Robert Wuthnow, Martha Nussbaum, Diana Eck, Stanley Hauerwas, and Miroslav Volf - examine the new religious pluralism and the challenges it poses for democratic societies on both sides of the Atlantic