The Posthuman Imagination
Literature at the Edge of the Human
What does it mean to be human in the Anthropocene? This volume explores posthumanism's response to this crisis through accessible essays. Featuring an interview with philosopher Francesca Ferrando, it explicates the subject through various literary and filmic texts.
What does it mean to be human in the Anthropocene? This volume explores posthumanism’s response to this crisis through accessible essays. Featuring an interview with philosopher Francesca Ferrando, it explicates the subject through various literary and filmic texts.
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The Quaker Condition
The Sociology of a Liberal Religion
This book sociologically examines the ‘Quaker Condition’ in present-day Britain. A pioneering social science study of a single faith group, it analyses Quakerism as a hyper-liberal religion, prefiguring developments that may overtake conservative groups.
This book sociologically examines the ‘Quaker Condition’ in present-day Britain. A pioneering social science study of a single faith group, it analyses Quakerism as a hyper-liberal religion, prefiguring developments that may overtake conservative groups.
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Through twenty-six testimonies from those involved in honour killings (killers, victims, and the falsely accused), this important study reveals the malign intentions and agendas behind such acts and explores the dangerous point at which culture, crime and discrimination coalesce.
Through twenty-six testimonies from those involved in honour killings (killers, victims, and the falsely accused), this important study reveals the malign intentions and agendas behind such acts and explores the dangerous point at which culture, crime and discrimination coalesce.
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The Rise of Protestantism in Modern Korea
A Sociological Perspective
This book unpacks the extraordinary rise of Protestant Christianity as South Korea's largest religion. In just 130 years, it eclipsed ancient traditions like Buddhism and Confucianism. A vital resource for students of religion, history, sociology, and culture.
This book unpacks the extraordinary rise of Protestant Christianity as South Korea’s largest religion. In just 130 years, it eclipsed ancient traditions like Buddhism and Confucianism. A vital resource for students of religion, history, sociology, and culture.
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The Secret History of the Soul
Physiology, Magic and Spirit Forces from Homer to St Paul
What if the soul wasn't an abstract entity but a physical force? This book examines forgotten models from the ancient world where spirit was a potent, transferable energy that blurred the line between body and soul and was used to effect magical cures.
What if the soul wasn’t an abstract entity but a physical force? This book examines forgotten models from the ancient world where spirit was a potent, transferable energy that blurred the line between body and soul and was used to effect magical cures.
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The Theological Imperative Informing Safeguarding
An Icon of the Child in Our Midst
Theology brings a life-giving perspective to safeguarding, identifying the abuse of any vulnerable person as an abuse of Christ himself. This work emphasizes authority as service, the agency of the child, and gives prominence to the voices of survivors and restorative processes.
Theology brings a life-giving perspective to safeguarding, identifying the abuse of any vulnerable person as an abuse of Christ himself. This work emphasizes authority as service, the agency of the child, and gives prominence to the voices of survivors and restorative processes.
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Transformation of Political Islam in Turkey
Causes and Effects
Köni scrutinizes the causes and the nature of the major changes that Turkish political Islam witnessed from its emergence in the 1970s until the middle of 2012. He focuses on two particular aspects, specifically Turkish state elites and globalization.
Köni scrutinizes the causes and the nature of the major changes that Turkish political Islam witnessed from its emergence in the 1970s until the middle of 2012. He focuses on two particular aspects, specifically Turkish state elites and globalization.
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Transforming From Christianity to Islam
Eight Women’s Journey
Why would a Western woman convert to Islam and embrace the hijab? These personal accounts explore the complex reality where devotion collides with the immense influence of peer, social, and male pressure on one of life's biggest decisions.
Why would a Western woman convert to Islam and embrace the hijab? These personal accounts explore the complex reality where devotion collides with the immense influence of peer, social, and male pressure on one of life’s biggest decisions.
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Ten articles on contemporary Muslim thought, gathered here, give testimony to the existence of plurality in Muslim theology. They each focus on the thought of a contemporaneous Muslim theologian and deliberate the interdependence between theological debates and their context.
Ten articles on contemporary Muslim thought, gathered here, give testimony to the existence of plurality in Muslim theology. They each focus on the thought of a contemporaneous Muslim theologian and deliberate the interdependence between theological debates and their context.
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This volume explores how well-being captures the imagination by addressing issues related to the social good and the quest for personal happiness. It discusses what difference the study of well-being makes from a Christian perspective.
This volume explores how well-being captures the imagination by addressing issues related to the social good and the quest for personal happiness. It discusses what difference the study of well-being makes from a Christian perspective.
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Witchcraft in Africa
Meanings, Factors, and Practices
This book examines the complexities and challenges of witchcraft in contemporary Africa. It opens new areas of research into the intersections of witchcraft with governance, development, and conflict, providing holistic knowledge on this phenomenon in African ontology.
This book examines the complexities and challenges of witchcraft in contemporary Africa. It opens new areas of research into the intersections of witchcraft with governance, development, and conflict, providing holistic knowledge on this phenomenon in African ontology.
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Women’s Movements and Countermovements
The Quest for Gender Equality in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
This volume explores women’s movements and their countermovements in Southeast Asia and North Africa. Covering case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco and Tunisia, it reveals the dominant pattern of Islamist movements countering the goals of women’s movements.
This volume explores women’s movements and their countermovements in Southeast Asia and North Africa. Covering case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco and Tunisia, it reveals the dominant pattern of Islamist movements countering the goals of women’s movements.
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