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"Why do we think differently from one another? Why do religious people adhere to their faith even against reason, whilst atheist thinkers label it “nonsense”? Why do some judges turn more to moral values and others less? Why do we attach different meanings to the same words? These questions can be tackled on psychological or sociological levels, but we can also analyze the subjects on the e…
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- 9781911529200
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- 186 p.; 22cm.
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- 210 BRO t
Technology, trust, and religion : roles of religions in controversies on ecol…
What does it mean to be human in a world of technology? What could be the role of religion in responding to the ecological crisis? Should we be concerned about the modification of food, and even of ourselves? Who do we trust to make decisions regarding our common future? What do we use our technology for? These are not questions for experts only. How can the wider public be involved? Do experts…
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- 9789087280598
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- 316p. : ill.
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- 200 TEC t
A brief history of Islam in Europe : thirteen centuries of creed, conflict an…
This book presents an overall presentation and discussion of developments ever since Islam appeared on the European stage thirteen centuries ago. The events and stories presented increase the understanding of present debates on, and notions of, Islam and Muslims in Europe. This book shows that in the course of thirteen centuries the Muslim as well as Islam have undergone many metamorphoses. The…
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- 9789087283261
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- 354p. : ill.
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- 297.094 BER b
making of Islamic heritage: Muslim pasts and heritage presents
Offering key insights into critical debates on the construction, management and destruction of heritage in Muslim contexts, this volume considers how Islamic heritages are constructed through texts and practices which award heritage value. It examines how the monolithic representation of Islamic heritage (as a singular construct) can be enriched by the true diversity of Islamic heritages and ho…
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- 9789811040702
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- 297 RIC m
Islam on the move : the Tablighi Jama'at in Southeast Asia
Much nuance and variability have been lost in the process of the reductivist analysis of Islam post 9/11 and, as this study amply demonstrates, we are all the poorer as a result. This exhaustive examination of the rise and spread of the Tablighi Jama't, arguably the world's largest Islamic missionary movement, locates it in the larger perspective of global Islam and developments in the Muslim s…
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- 9789089644398
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- 255p. : ill.
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- 297.0959 NOO i
Women from traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia : negoti…
Until currently there have been no specific publications, particularly in English, on women in traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, known as pesantren, which played a significant role in shaping the gender issues in the Indonesian Muslim community. This informative and insightful book contributes to two booming fields in Indonesian studies: the study of Islam and the study…
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- 9789089644213
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- 184p. : ill.
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- 297.77082 SR w
Faith, finance, and economy : beliefs and economic well-being
This open access book seeks to foster a multidisciplinary understanding of the ties between faith, financial intermediation, and economic progress by drawing on research across economics, finance, history, philosophy, ethics, theology, public policy, law, and other disciplines. Chapters in this edited volume examine themes as consequential as economic opportunities, real world outcomes and fait…
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- 9783030387846
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- xi, 239p. : ill
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- 201.633 FAI f
Scriptures, shrines, scapegoats, and world politics: religious sources of con…
The effect of religious factors on politics has been a key issue since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent rise of religious terrorism. However, the systematic investigations of these topics have focused primarily on the effects of religion on domestic and international conflict. Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics offers a comprehensive evaluation of the role of religion…
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- 9780472131747
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- viii, 444p. : ill.
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- 291.17 MAO s
Printing and prophecy : prognostication and media change, 1450-1550
Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 examines prognostic traditions and late medieval prophetic texts in the first century of printing and their effect on the new medium of print. The many prophetic and prognostic works that followed Europe's earliest known printed book---not the Gutenberg Bible, but the Sibyl's Prophecy, printed by Gutenberg two years earlier and k…
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- 9780472117833
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- xi, 265p. : ill.
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- 261.51309409024 GRE p
Digital Samaritans : rhetorical delivery and engagement in the digital humani…
Digital Samaritans explores rhetorical delivery and cultural sovereignty in the digital humanities. The exigence for the book is rooted in a practical digital humanities project based on the digitization of manuscripts in diaspora for the Samaritan community, the smallest religious/ethnic group of 770 Samaritans split between Mount Gerizim in the Palestinian Authority and in Holon, Israel. Base…
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- 9780472072804
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- xx, 164p. : ill
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- 296.817072 RID d
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