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Daß in den verschiedenen europäischen Ländern im Laufe des 19. und des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts auch die großen Kirchen vom Nationalismus erfaßt wurden, ist seit langem bekannt. Kaum erforscht sind dagegen die Randzonen und Grenzgebiete: Jene Regionen, in denen religiöse Traditionen und nationale Solidarität sich nicht einfach ergänzten, sondern in denen widersprüchliche Loyalitäten zu Konflikten führten. Nachwuchsforscher aus den USA und Deutschland diskutieren in dem vorliegenden Band eine Reihe dieser "Fälle". Dadurch weisen sie der neueren Religions- wie der Nationalismusforschung neue Wege.

A review essay on books by (1) Jurgen Habermas, Zwischen Naturalismus und Religion: Philosophische Aufsatze ([Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Treatises] Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2005); (2) Lucas Swaine, The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism (New York: Columbia U Press, 2006); & (3) Paul J. Weithman, Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship (Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 2002/2006).

In a thoroughly updated second edition of his popular and engaging book, John D. Caputo revisits Augustine's ancient question 'what do I love when I love my God?' and presses it into service in the post-modern world. Accessible but without compromising the big ideas, he raises the question of what religion means today in the face of widespread religious violence after 9/11, of spreading secularization, the dazzling discoveries of contemporary cosmology, and the eerie advent of the 'post-human' world.

Religion before and after secularism -- True religion and temporal gods -- True religion and consumption -- True religion as special effect.

Two issues preoccupying post-Soviet society are a wish to oppose outside influences (mainly from the West), and to resist aggressive behavior in matters of religion. It is not difficult to point out inconsistencies and contradictions in these approaches, but more germane is the fact that both have survived, if in modified form, to the present day. When the possibility of further restrictions on freedom of conscience are being discussed, a key topic is invariably the need to protect society from the 'expansionism' of new religious movements and radical Islam. Here, Verkhovsky studies the new blasphemy act and discusses why freedom of religion and belief continue to cause conflict in post-Soviet Russia. Adapted from the source document.

GenX Religion is the first in-depth collection on this generation's religious experience. The contributors, mostly GenXers themselves, offer both a disciplined methodology and a valuable insider's sensitivity as they examine the differences between GenX religion and "traditional" religious avenues, as well as the wide variety to be found in GenX religious expression itself. -- Publisher description