Keywords:
Multiculturalism Religious aspects
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Religion and international relations
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Multiculturalism -- Religious aspects
Description / Table of Contents:
Religion is high on the agenda of international politics today. Though there has been a retreat from religion in Europe, the international debate on the meaning and relevance of religion has intensified after the Iranian revolution and has gained new strength with the recent terror attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the proliferation of intrastate conflict, and the process of European integration.The issues of secularism and its relationship to democracy, globalization and foreign policy are explored in this book. It is most relevant for politicians, policymakers, academic researchers, non-governmental organisations, peace and development practitioners, as well as the media. The book deals with the practical and policy-related consequences of the debate for development organisations and their views on poverty, religion and conflict.The Society for International Development (SID) has brought together eminent international writers and leading authorities in the field of religion, coming from different backgrounds and regions. Among the contributors are Peter Berger, Leonardo Boff, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Riffat Hassan, Thomas Pogge, Scott M. Thomas and Jonathan Fox
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (355 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9789086865994
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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10686792
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3445591
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-349)
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Table of Contents; Preface ; Agnes van Ardenne ; Foreword; Senator Jos J.A.M. van Gennip; Introduction; Resurgence of Religion, International Relations and Development Cooperation: Main Challenges Ahead; Berma Klein Goldewijk; Introduction; Resurgent Religion, International Relations and Justice; Conflict and Religion, Cultural Pluralism and the Public Domain; Religion, Economy and International Development; Conclusion; References; Part I Religion, International Relations and Global Institutions
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How Shall We Then Live? Rethinking Religion, Politics and Communities in an Age of Global TerrorismScott M. Thomas; Introduction; The Invention of Religion: Deconstructing the Myth of Liberal Secularism; Religion and International Conflict; Religion, Civil Society and Democracy Promotion; Religion, Civil Society, and Development; Building Communities of Character; Conclusion; References; Recognised and Violated by International Law: The Human Rights of the Global Poor; Thomas Pogge; Introduction; Human Rights and Correlative Duties
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Features of the Present Global Order Cause Massive Severe PovertyConclusion; The Promise of Global Institutional Reform; References; The Poor, the New Cosmology and Liberation; Leonardo Boff; Introduction; The Future of the Great Poor: the Earth and Humankind; Benchmarks of the New Cosmology: the Cosmic Theatre; The Place of Human Beings; The Poor and the Excluded, Victims of Social and Ecological Injustice; Conclusion: Fresh Urgency for Liberation Theology; References; Part II Religion and Conflict, Cultural Pluralism and the Public Domain ; The Future of Religion and Domestic Conflict
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Jonathan FoxIntroduction; Some Definitions and Assumptions; Eight Trends in Religion and Conflict; Conclusion; References; The Secular Roots of Radical Political Islam; Mahmood Mamdani; Introduction; 'Good' Muslim,'Bad' Muslim: Political Violence and the State; Cold War and Proxy Wars, Liberation and Terror; References; Religion, Ethics and Violence: Developing a New Muslim Discourse; Riffat Hassan; Introduction ; History of Negative Imaging of Islam and Muslims; The Politics of Language: Fundamentalism and Jihad; Normative Islamic (Qur'anic) Teachings on Pluralism
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Critical Issues in the Islamic WorldContemporary Discourse on Islam: Pakistan as a Case Study; Conclusion: Developing a New Paradigm in Discourse on Islam; References; Human Rights and Muslim Forms of Life: A Pluralist Approach with Especial Emphasis on Iran; Mohammad Mahdi Mojahedi; Introduction; Relativism: an Episode of a Lengthy Story; Conflict of the Hedgehogs: Liberal versus Muslim Anti-Pluralisms ; Pluralistic Human Rights: Same Bed and Different Dreams; Cultural Islam versus Islamism; Acknowledgements; References; Islam and Christianity in the Public Debate; Henk Vroom; Introduction
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Appealing to Common Values: Faith as a Private Affair
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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