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In the RELIGION IN AMERICA series this book addresses the organizational aspects of religion. Topics covered include the historical sources and patterns of US religious institutions, contemporary patterns of denominational authority and the interface between religious and secular institutions

Four papers originally presented at a symposium on religious aspects of the question of Jerusalem, organised by the Centro Italiano per la Pace in Medio Oriente, Milan, as well as an introductory chapter. The papers deal with Jerusalem's significance to Islam (Nusseibeh) and to the Jewish people (Reiter), the political future of the city (Nusseibeh), and the christian community in Jerusalem (Sabella). (DÜI-Hns)

Introduction : text, tradition, authority, and method in religious bioethics / B. Andrew Lustig -- Roman Catholic bioethics / Christopher Tollefsen and Joseph Boyle -- Orthodox Christian bioethics : medical morality in the mind of the fathers / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- Bioethics in the Episcopal tradition / Cynthia B. Cohen and David H. Smith -- Gospel truth and societal consensus : recent bioethics statements by the Protestant church in Germany (EKD) / Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes and Matthias Zierenberg -- Reformed perspectives in bioethics / Ruth Groenhout -- Southern Baptists and bioethics / C. Ben Mitchell -- Authority and agency : policies and principles in Latter-Day Saints bioethics / Courtney S. Campbell -- Jewish bioethics / Harvey L. Gordon and Mark Washofsky -- Jewish perspectives on embryo and stem cell research / Aaron L. Mackler -- Islamic bioethics / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Buddhism and bioethics / Damien Keown -- Hindu bioethics / Cromwell Crawford -- Sikh perspectives on bioethics / Devinder Singh Chahal -- Daoism and bioethics : Daode Jin's doctrine of naturalness and the principle of non-action / Jonathan Chan.

The return of martyrdom : honour, death, and immortality / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Two religious meaning systems, one political belief system : religiosity, alternative religiosity, and political extremism / Daphna Canetti-Nisim -- Religious violence and the myth of fundamentalism / Michael Barkun -- The uniqueness of Islamic fundamentalism and the fourth wave of international terrorism / Gabriel Ben-Dor and Ami Pedahzur -- Jewish self-defence and terrorist groups prior to the establishment of the State of Israel : roots and traditions / Arie Perliger and Leonard Weinberg -- Counting the causes and dynamics of ethnoreligious violence / Jonathan Fox -- Reflections on fascism and religion / Roger Eatwell

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