Satire hyperbole lampooning mockery taunting comical ridiculous. Call the scriptures what you will just don t call it a holy adytum. A sanctuary of the soul unless that soul wish to be amused to the point of holy risibility. A gelastic disposition this should... Lees meer.

One could not hope for a more insightful comprehensive and educationally instructive guide to the study of our religiously diverse societies. This indispensable book is appropriate not only for the novice in the study of religion but also for the established scholar... Lees meer.

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A cutting-edge introduction to contemporary religious studies theory connecting theory to data. This innovative coursebook introduces students to interdisciplinary theoretical tools for understanding contemporary religiously diverse societies both Western and non-Weste... Lees meer.

The single fastest growing religious group of our time is those who check the box next to the word none on national surveys. In America this is 20 percent of the population. Exactly who are the unaffiliated. What caused this seismic shift in our culture. Are our chur... Lees meer.

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This book presents three different influential and representative theological approaches towards the world religions. Students are not only introduced to the field but get three passionate and intelligent takes on what is at stake. By means of a response to each of... Lees meer.

Regardless of the belief in a God traditional structures always come into view here especially religiously traditional rites of passage such as baptism and circumcision communion and bar mitzvah marriage as well as convalescence death and funeral rites. What is the... Lees meer.

Life is full of transitions. These transitions have to be addressed shaped processed and integrated into our lives in some way. Regardless of the belief in a God traditional structures always come into view here especially religiously traditional rites of passage su... Lees meer.

Discusses the lack of religious understanding in US foreign policy examining why the US chooses to avoid the religious aspects of international affairs. This book examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands if not ignores the role of religion in international conf... Lees meer.

The book provides an original typology of religiously oriented parties that is a useful guide to understand their nature their organisational models and crucially how they might impact on democracy and democratization in a number of different contexts across the worl... Lees meer.

This thesis analyzes the implications for psychological operations PSYOP of religiously motivated insurgencies. The difficulties faced by US troops since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 have many questioning the effectiveness of the PSYOP message used there. This concern... Lees meer.

Explores the potential significance of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Thought in the contemporary world and provides a new model of interreligious dialogue as Buddhist thinkers engage with Christian theologians concerned with the present-day significance of their own trad... Lees meer.

Conflicts today regularly break out along religious fault lines whether in Iraq Israel-Palestine Sudan or elsewhere. This volume contains case studies of ways in which Mennonites have contributed to peacebuilding and reconciliation in multi-religious contexts and of... Lees meer.