This open access book outlines new concepts, development models, governance and implementation processes capable of addressing the challenges of transformative urban regeneration of cities at precinct scale.
The increasing demand for halal products, including goods and services, every year, especially for food and beverages, has resulted in a growing need for products with halal guarantees. Along with the increasing trend of the global demand, it has resulted in an increase in producers of halal food and beverages in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. In addition the demand for halal tourism is …
This book includes studies of main conflict areas in modern Western societies where religion has been a central element, ranging from popular movements and narratives of opposition to challenges of religious satire and anti-clerical critique. Special attention is given to matters of politics and gender. With this theme, it provides a useful guide to conflict areas in modern European religious h…
This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien. How did these Muslims at the crossroads of insider and outsider find their place in early Islamic society? How did Islamic…
This dead letter presents an exploration of the immanent materialism of Deleuze & Guattari as theorised in A Thousand Plateaus as a means to analysing everyday life. The evidence consists of art, film and objects from life that relate to and suggest the complex ways in which we are affected by traffic jams. Reciprocating substrata of everyday life build upon the unconscious, and show how the ab…
The eight articles published in this Special Issue present original, empirical research, using various methods of data collection and analysis, in relation to topics that are pertinent to the study of Islam and Muslims in Australia. The contributors include long-serving scholars in the field, mid-career researchers, and early career researchers who represent many of Australia’s universities e…
This book on water and climate change goes beyond the usual and predictable analyses, by bringing religion and values into a discussion that is often dominated by technocratic solutions. The three case studies of Jakarta, Cape Town, and Amsterdam demonstrate the challenges of water management in urban areas and the role religion can play in addressing them. With representatives from science, po…
The human population's annual total consumption is not sustainable by one planet. This unprecedented situation calls for a reform of religious cultures that promote a large ideal family size. Many observers assume that Christianity is inevitably part of this problem because it promotes "family values" and statistically, in America and elsewhere, has a higher birthrate than nonreligious people. …
Buku ini memaparkan secara kritis dan seimbang terhadap fenomena intoleransi keagamaan. Oleh karena itu, buku ini bukan-lah sebuah karya keagamaan ataupun karya yang ingin menyudutkan sebuah kepercayaan yang dimiliki oleh suatu kelompok keyakinan. Dalam buku ini, selain mengkaji mengenai masalah intoleransi di Indonesia, juga mengulik tentang perkembangan pendidikan di Indonesia, toleransi bera…
Moderasi beragama adalah cara pandang dalam beragama secara moderat yakni memahami dan mengamalkan ajaran agama dengan tidak ekstrem, baik ekstrem kanan (pemahaman agama yang sangat kaku) maupun ekstrem kiri (pemahaman agama yang sangat liberal). Istilah moderasi beragama memang baru digaungkan di Indonesia, namun ide dan semangat moderasi beragama itu sudah tumbuh dan tertanam sejak lama dalam…