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A collection of essays on religion and democracy which discusses the questions that characterize these debates at the points of their intersection within political theory, political theology and the philosophy of religion, and considers both the challenges and the prospects of this era which, following Habermas, one may call post-secular.

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A collection of essays that contests the notion of fundamentalism and attempts to find places where it might converge with women's roles in the various world's religions. It explores fundamentalism as a system or method of limiting women's religious roles and examines the ways that women embrace certain aspects of fundamentalism.

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How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society This title analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. It addresses specific fundamentalist movements that have emerged from within mainstream Islam, Christianity, Baha'ism, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism.

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How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society This title explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise of fundamentalism as a mass media phenomenon, fundamentalist communication in the public sphere, national cultural identities and the rise of a 'global society'.

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Discusses the complex role that media plays in the rise and spread of fundamentalist movements within various religions traditions. This book looks at 'fundamentalisms' and 'the media' together and addresses the resulting relations and interactions from critical perspectives of history, technology, geography, and practice.

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Discusses the complex role that media plays in the rise and spread of fundamentalist movements within various religions traditions. This book looks at 'fundamentalisms' and 'the media' together and addresses the resulting relations and interactions from critical perspectives of history, technology, geography, and practice.

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Gadamer's study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. This monograph shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks.

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An important monograph exploring a neglected aspect of Gadamer's thought - his life-long concern with the question of the divine.

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While homosexuals continue gaining acceptance in other arenas of American culture, only a tiny minority of religious groups accept gays and lesbians as full members and potential clergy.

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This book tells the story of a unique Catholic Parish, Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco. The story tells how the original parishioners (the gray) accepted the new gay community, especially in response to the AIDS epidemic.

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Explores the role of gender in Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian creation myths and their reception traditions from antiquity to the present day.

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Advice from the heart of a rather hip and savvy Baby Boomer grandmother offers insight forgrandmothering in the twenty-first century.

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Featuring works by Karl Barth, Martin Buber, Immanuel Kant, Albert Schweitzer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Rahner, and others, these are the essential writings on religion by German theologians, authors, and philosophers, from the Enlightenment to the present.

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Jill L. McNish was ordained as an Episcopal priest after a career as an attorney in the private practice of law. She is now presently engaged in parish ministry. McNish holds an M.Div. and Ph.D. in psychiatry and religion from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She has lectured to laypersons, clergy, and pastoral counselors throughout the

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As God is the highest good and is the benevolent creator of all, how can he be the cause of evil How can we say Evil is caused by a defective agent and not by God An added theological complication is the penalty for God's benevolent creation; namely that there is corruption in all things. This title tackles the problem of Evil.

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This text examines the promise of globalization: a common culture, a common currency and a new political model fostering unity and community, and the threat of globalization: destruction of the values, norms and ideals of particular cultures.

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Despite the predicted secularization of the world, religion continues to grow as a global influence, one that has the power to unify or to divide. Part of the "God and Globalization" series, this title investigates what happens when we account for religion as a force that shapes our increasingly common life on earth.