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Activist Business Ethics

Springer, 2004

“The truth can wait, for it lives a long life”
(Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 1788-1860)

The philosopher Schopenhauer believed in the eventual triumph of truth, despite the disappointments engendered by his indifferent contemporaries. Two centuries later, we live in a time of accelerated changes, and we do not...

History of Jewish Philosophy (Routledge History of World Philosophies)

Routledge, 1997

This volume is planned as a companion to the Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy, and both take their place in the Routledge History of World Philosophies, a series designed to supplement and amplify the Routledge History of Philosophy. The idea of placing histories of Islamic and Jewish philosophy in such close proximity to a...

Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

An engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity’s relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.

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Women, Islam and Everyday Life: Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia (Women in Asia Series)

Routledge, 2009

This book examines Islam and women’s everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur’anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines polygamy as a male right, others seeing...

Muslim Volunteering in the West: Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship (New Directions in Islam)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This edited volume explores various facets of Muslims’ civic engagement in Western post-secular societies, fundamentally challenging simplistic boundaries between Islamic ethical conduct and liberal-democratic norms and practice.

Bringing together scholars from sociology, anthropology, and Islamic theology, the...

Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies for the Twenty-first Century

Cambridge University Press, 2005

How will the study of theology and the religions in higher education be shaped in the coming century? This book offers several different perspectives on this field of study with suggestions for a future in which theology and religious studies are pursued together. There are examples of the interplay of theology and religious studies with reference...

Let's Talk About Sex and Muslim Love: Essays on Intimacy and Romantic Relationships in Islam

Al-Walaa Publications, 2016

Sex, intimacy, and love remain taboo topics in many Muslim circles today. Some believe such intimate subjects should not be discussed at all, and others see no need for restrictions being placed on either their discussion or practice. Let’s Talk About Sex and Muslim Love is a collection of some of the most widely read essays and...

Locating Maldivian Women’s Mosques in Global Discourses

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

In this ethnographic examination of women’s mosques in the Maldives, anthropologist Jacqueline H. Fewkes probes how the existence of these separate buildings?where women lead prayers for other women?intersect with larger questions about gender, space, and global Muslim communities. Bringing together ethnographic insight with...

Sacred Schisms: How Religions Divide

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious schisms, it can be extended to other kinds of breakaway groups. Because schisms emerge out of controversies, the term has negative connotations. Though they...

Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon (Sporting)

Temple University Press, 2009

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) has always engendered an emotional reaction from the public. From his appearance as an Olympic champion to his iconic status as a national hero, his carefully constructed image and controversial persona has always been intensely scrutinized. In Muhammad Ali, Michael Ezra considers the boxer who...

Angels A to Z

Visible Ink Press, 2008

Written by a recognized authority on nontraditional religious movements, this resource is one of the most comprehensive books on angels and related topics currently available. More than 300 entries are included and drawn from multiple religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Hindu traditions, as well as from pop culture. A...

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Oxford University Press, 2001

Over the course of the past two decades Islamism has exercised a growing influence on politics in Muslim countries from Morocco to Malaysia. In some instances this trend has led to regime change as in Iran and Sudan, but more often, it has ensconced Islamic norms, symbols, and rhetoric in the public sphere, and in the process,...

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