Religion in politics and society

Kelly, Michael, 1972- (Added Author). Messina, Lynn. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0824210123 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780824210120 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
ix, 206 p. : maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: New York : H.W. Wilson, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Religion and culture. Keeping the faith : freedom, and international affairs / by Paul Marshall -- Scholars get religion / by Mark Clayton -- Psychiatry, spirituality and religion / by William R. Breakey -- A city that echoes eternity [Jerusalem] / by Kenneth L. Woodward -- Pope John Paul II / by R. Scott Appleby -- Russian renewal / by Michael Bourdeaux -- A faith with many faces [Islam] / by David R. Sands -- Religion and political violence. Occidentalism / by Avishai Margalit and Ian Buruma -- Religion and the war against evil / by Harvey Cox -- Fundamentalism / by R. Scott Appleby and Martin E. Marty -- Separated at birth / by Leela Jacinto -- Religious wars? : A short history of the Balkans / by Paul Mojzes -- New religions and religious conversion. Oh, gods! / by Toby Lester -- Falun Gong : what's behind the movements? / by Christopher Wanjek -- The church of the west [Mormonism] -- Guatemala's new evangelists / by Rachel Cobb -- The expansion of Christianity : an interview with Andrew Walls -- Religion and ecology. Religion goes green : ecology joins theology / by Linda Ashton -- Science, religion, and ecology turn eastward / by Michael J. Strada -- Religion, modern secular culture, and ecology / by George Rupp -- Religion and gender. Thai monk blazes path for equality for women -- Islam's female converts / by Priya Malhotra -- New fields and strict Judaism coexist / by Nina Siegal -- Reconciliation / by Vanessa E. Jones.