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Written and signed by experts in the field, this volume in the point/counterpoint Debating Issues in American Education reference series tackles the topic of religion in schools, providing an illustrated overview of the topic as well as resources for further study

Gözaydın, İştar -- (Dogus Author) Conference full title: Istanbul Spring School: Islam and The Non-Muslim Other: Doctrines, Attitudes, and Practices, 26-28 March 2012. Istanbul: Liberales Institute. ; This article is primarily concerned in a power struggle within Turkey for over the last 80 years, leaving aside a much longer one of 200 years. Working on religion, politics and politics of religion anywhere involves varies parties as the state, the society, and the individual of the political body of that given country. In order to try to understand the statereligion relationship in Turkey, I suggest that Presidency of Religious Affairs / Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı should be scrutinized as an initial step. Within the Turkish society, there have been existing an increasing friction between two groups that may roughly be defined as laicists1 and Islamists2 during the whole republican era ongoing since 1923, but has become more visible especially in the 1990's. In this article, I will be debating on the basic and crucial questions, as I perceive it, 'what is a capacitated democracy and how to achieve it?' in the context of law and politics in Turkey. Actually, in order to evolve my argument, I will initially be focusing on the development of the relations among the state, the groups in society, and religion in the Republic of Turkey. Then, I will be discussing the need and possibility of a mutually acceptable ground for a peaceful coexistence in this country. Obviously my preference to work on the last 80 years instead of the 200 year span of the phenomenon stems out of my acceptance of the republican times to be a more visible stage of the above mentioned contestation. ; The Netherlands Interuniversity Scholl for Islamic Studies (NISIS), The Instıtute D'etudes De l' Islam Et Des Societes Du Monde Musluman

This article contributes to the growing subfield of research on religion and International Relations (IR) by discussing ways to take substantial and sui generis aspects of religion into account. It is argued that IR scholars need more critical methodological and conceptual reflection on how to integrate religion in order to navigate between two typical analytical positions: either focusing on the instrumental relevance of religion only or treating religion as an unchangeable meta-category and delinking it from its practitioners or context. The article first discusses why there is a need to be attentive to distinctive aspects of religion and then moves on to scrutinise three IR-relevant pathways to include these aspects of religion in analysis, namely religion as belief community, religion as power, and religion as speech act. It appears that future research along these lines can contribute significantly to the way IR scholars habitually think about key issues such as parameters of behaviour, standards of legitimacy, and the dynamics of conflicts. Adapted from the source document.

Provocative insights into the nature of dancing as inseparable from human vitality and distinctiveness emerge from this spiraling study of specific cultural dance traditions brought into conversation with various philosophical/theoretical perspectives centering on the topics: movement, gesture, play, masking, ritual, seduction, performance, religion; each the subject of engaging innovative analysis. The author draws on experience as dancer and academic to address contemporary issues such as gender identity development and plasticity and acuity throughout the lifespan

Intro -- FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGION -- FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIAN NONVIOLENCE -- Introduction -- Terminology -- Violence as a Human Problem -- Violence as a Religious Problem -- Violence as a Christian Problem -- Biblical Themes of Nonviolence -- Love of Enemy -- Love of Neighbor -- The Discipleship of the Cross -- The Doctrine of Nonretaliation -- Old Testament Themes of Peace -- Isaiah 2:4 -- Genesis 32-33 -- The Theology of Christian Nonviolence -- References -- Chapter 2 NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE TRADITIONS IN EARLY AND EASTERN CHRISTIANITY -- Ideals of Peace in a Violent World -- The Influence of Origen and Eusebius -- The Canonical Epistles of Basil of Caesarea -- Concluding Reflections -- Short Biographical Note -- Chapter 3 "A HEART AS WIDE AS THE WORLD:"56 A CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY OF NONVIOLENCE -- What Is Spirituality? -- Jesus of Nazareth and the Gospel of Nonviolence -- The Radical Option of Jesus: Choosing Nonviolence Amid the Violence of the World -- Cross and Resurrection Logic -- The Witness of Nonviolence: Christian Spirituality in Contemporary Practice -- A Heart as Wide as the World -- Chapter 4 NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE IN HINDUISM: IS THERE A CONNECTION? -- Introduction -- Violence and Non-Violence in Premodern Hinduism -- The Agonistic Vedic World and Its Legacy -- The Development of Ethics -- Resolution: Non-Violence as Norm, Violence as the Exception -- Non-Violence, Pacifism, and the Indian Struggle for Independence -- Gandhi: A nivṛtti or pravṛtti Perspective? -- Gandhi's Reinterpretation and Politicization of sāmānya-dharma -- Independent India: A Reassessment of Non-Violence and Security -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION AND PASSIVE RESISTANCE -- The Bible and Nonviolence -- Post-Biblical Tradition -- The 20th Century

Intro -- RELIGION AND HEALTHCARE -- RELIGION AND HEALTHCARE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE ETHICS: A PROPOSED MODEL BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- ABSTRACT -- I. PROLOGUE -- II. MODELS AND THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE -- III. CRITIQUE OF PROPOUNDED THEORIES AND MODELS -- IV. A PROPOSED MODEL OF HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION -- Chapter 2 HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS' EXPECTATIONS OF SPIRITUAL CARE FROM NURSES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE OF STUDY -- RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- ASSUMPTIONS -- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- Spiritual Care -- PERCEPTION OF CARE -- QUALITATIVE STUDIES -- CARING BEHAVIORS -- PATIENT EXPECTATIONS OF SPIRITUAL CARE -- SUMMARY -- METHODOLOGY -- Setting -- Participants -- Data Generation Strategies -- Plan for Data Analysis -- Steps to Insure Methodological Rigor -- Protection of Human Participants -- DEMOGRAPHIC DATA -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- 1. Are the Explicit and Implicit Actions of Nurses to Address Body, Mind and Spirit Recognized by their Patients? -- 2. Are the Actions of Nurses to Address Spiritual Health Perceived by Patients as Fulfilling their Expectations? -- 3. What Actions by Nurses are Perceived as Spiritual Interventions by Patients? -- 4. How do Individuals Define Spiritual Care? -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 FAITH-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- STUDY 1 -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- STUDY 2 -- Methods -- Organization -- Services -- Treatment Model -- Results and Discussion -- Basic Needs Emphasis -- Faith Emphasis -- Mental Health Emphasis -- Blending of Faith and Mental Health Emphases -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 SPIRITUAL COPING AMONG CHRONICALLY ILL CHILDREN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING THE CONSTRUCTS

How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation between empirical, epistemological and theological notions. Chapters in the book deal with the aturalness of religion and religious experiences as based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the naturalness o

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 of religion. As such