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New immigrants - those arriving since the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 - have altered American culture and have been profoundly altered in turn. This book combines studies of thirteen congregations in the Houston area with seven thematic essays looking across their diversity.

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Theories of one ultimate reality exist in philosophies of both the East and the West, and in this book the author explores the approach that different philosophies have taken to the question of divine reality, with a special focus on the metaphysics of the One.

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Science and religion have intersected in many ways throughout history - from the trials of Galileo to contemporary debates over stem cell research and the teaching of evolution in schools. This work provides students an overview of the complex manner in which science and religion have influenced each other in both positive and negative ways.

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Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans examines a difficult chapter in American religious history: the story of race prejudice in American Christianity. Focusing on the largest city in the late-nineteenth-century South, it explores the relationship between churches - black and white, Protestant and Catholic - and the emergence of the Jim

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A comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China that looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries. It offers original research for an in-depth survey that may interest those studying politics and religion, policies, as well as theories of desecularization.

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A comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries. It offers original research for an in-depth survey that may interest those studying politics and religion, policies, as well as theories of desecularization.

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This thought-provoking dialogue between "transhumanism" and religion examines enhancement technologies that could radically alter the human species.

"Transhumanism" or "human enhancement" is an intellectual and cultural movement that advocates the use of emerging technologies to change human traits.

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Looking at topics across the spectrum of America's wars, religious groups, personalities, and ideas, this volume shows that even in an increasingly secular society, religious roots and values run deep throughout American society and are elevated in times of war.

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Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in Southeast Europe.

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Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in Southeast Europe.

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Analyzes the emotive reactions impact on the way religion is understood, exploring theological responses to human tragedy and cultural shock by focusing on reactions to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the two World Wars and the Holocaust, the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

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Analyzes how emotive reactions impact on the way religion is understood, exploring theological responses to human tragedy and cultural shock by focusing on reactions to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the two World Wars and the Holocaust, the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

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Presents a project that rejects the "pragmatic" solution to the sceptical dilemma created by deconstruction and postmodernism. This work argues that the Practical Theology shifts the focus away from what merely "pragmatically" works to the "practical" conditions that enable any and all knowledge and understanding.

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An exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution.

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Bringing together 28 scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, Cousineau examines a variety of faith traditions, countries, and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society at the dawn of the 21st century.