9,750円 This well-crafted book probes the key dimensions of Africa’s existential predicament. It constitutes an intellectual response to a gnawing “African situation”ーthe starting point for grasping Africa’s social and religious quest. Beyond split explanations of external versus internal factors (e.g.,...

334円 « La charité, disait saint Paul [1], est patiente, elle est douce, elle est bienfaisante.» Elle n’est point envieuse, elle n’est point téméraire et précipitée, elle ne s’enfle point d’orgueil. Elle n’est point ambitieuse, ne cherche point ses propres...

0円 Este livro aborda o estudo da relação Religião-Revolução num caso paradigmático: a Revolução Francesa. Tentamos compreender as colocações e a mentalidade da época sem descuidar de uma teoria histórica do fenômeno teoria que nos parece próxima da tradição marxista. Ao mesmo tempo, nos empenhamos e...

8,888円 Familiar accounts of religious freedom in the United States often tell a story of visionary founders who broke from the centuries-old patterns of Christendom to establish a political arrangement committed to secular and religiously neutral government. These novel commitments were supposedly embod...

2,807円 Bruno Latour’s long term project is to compare the felicity and infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of those who have ‘never been modern’. According to him, this is the only way to develop an anthropology of the Moderns. After his work on science, on technology and,...

11,772円 This collection considers how religious identity interplays with other forms and contexts of identity, specifically those related to sexual identity. It asks how these intersections are formed, negotiated and resisted across time and places, including the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, and...

16,372円 As American soldiers fought overseas in Vietnam, American churchmen debated the legitimacy and impact of the war at home. While the justness of the war was the primary issue, they also argued over conscientious objection, the legitimacy of protests, the weapons of war, and other related topics. D...

11,444円 The global movement of culture and religion has brought about a serious challenge to traditional constitutional secularism. This challenge comes in the form of a political and institutional struggle against secular constitutionalism, and a two pronged assault on the very legitimacy and viability ...

12,103円 Providing an ethnographic account of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing (Dewan Pemuda PAS), this book analyses the genesis and role of Islamic movements in terms of their engagement in mainstream politics. It explores the party’s changing approach towards popular culture and c...

10,447円 In 1537, Florentine Duke Alessandro dei Medici was murdered by his cousin and would-be successor, Lorenzino dei Medici. Lorenzino's treachery forced him into exile, however, and the Florentine senate accepted a compromise candidate, seventeen-year-old Cosimo dei Medici. The senate hoped Cosimo wo...

9,452円 The New Deal is often said to represent a sea change in American constitutional history, overturning a century of precedent to permit an expanded federal government, increased regulation of the economy, and eroded property protections. John Compton offers a surprising revision of this familiar na...

1,456円 The Catholic Church has been nearly destroyed by its resistance to change, censured for its abuses. Pope Francis has promised reform: radical theologian Hans Küng here presents what Catholics have long been yearning for: modern responses to the challenges of a modern world. In 1962 the Second Vat...