Church State category: 1367 books
by John Prentice
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
A book that helps you to take stock of your life, to consider who you are, what you stand for and where you are heading in the future.Most people, whatever their race, creed or colour, will at some time in their life have pondered the meaning of it - what's the purpose of it all?They are unlikely...
Faith Based
Religious Neoliberalism and the Politics of Welfare in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Faith Based explores how the Religious Right has supported neoliberalism in the United States, bringing a particular focus to welfare—an arena where conservative Protestant politics and neoliberal economic ideas come together most clearly. Through case studies of gospel rescue missions, Habitat...
by Dr. Mehran Basti
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
For Dr. Basti, the explanation is straightforward though not simple: “Just as cells have dna, so mathematics has DNA in its structure.” After years of research, he decided that his work had to contain a strong philosophical justification in order to stand the test of time. Part memoir and part manifesto,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? And when, if ever, is it legitimate for external actors to impose their understandings of human rights upon particular countries? In the contemporary...
The Death of Christian Britain
Understanding Secularisation, 1800–2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation’s dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he argues that it has been a catastrophic and...
by Richard Harries
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
In 2004 a public attitudes survey suggested that 31 per cent of British people believed that all or most MPs told the truth. In 2012 this had dropped to 20 per cent.In 2004 50 per cent of respondents believed that all or most MPs did not use their power for personal gain. In 2012 this had dropped...
by Timothy Aldred
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
It’s time to correct the madness.Are you sure the beliefs you hold about the history of humanity are true? Have you ever wondered where biblically-based accounts and centuries-old traditions are rooted?When the earliest civilizations began documenting the activities of humanity for...
Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Picturing the Enemy
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
In the minds of many Americans, Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, Muslim men with violence, and Muslim women with oppression. A clash of civilizations appears to be increasingly manifest and the war on terror seems a struggle against Islam. These are all symptoms of Islamophobia. Meanwhile,...
Ask the Question
Why We Must Demand Religious Clarity from Our Presidential Candidates
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
For most of American history, the conventional wisdom was that religion was too private a matter to ask a political candidate about. But in a political landscape in which we will see Muslims, atheists, Mormons, Buddhists, and Christians of all stripes running for high office, we cannot afford to avoid...
What Are the Results of the Establishment of Secular Humanism? (Illustrated Version)
Illustrated Serial Antidisestablishmentarianism, #4
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Excerpted from Illustrated Antidisestablishmentarianism --
A warning to stop allowing Secularism to take over our lives and our country before we lose our faith, our freedom, and our future.
Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction, 3rd Edition
An Introduction, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Given the volatile nature of relations between the Middle East and the Western world, many Westerners, particularly Americans, have a skewed view of what comprises Islamic fundamentalism. Many wonder, are these beliefs based in religious doctrine, political motivations, or even irrational rhetoric?...
Vying for Allah’s Vote
Understanding Islamic Parties, Political Violence, and Extremism in Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
What is driving political extremism in Pakistan? In early 2011, the prominent Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by a member of his own security team for insulting Islam by expressing views in support of the rights of women and religious minorities. Benazir Bhutto, the former prime...
Culture Wars
The Threat to Your Family and Your Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Boldly stated and passionately supported, this argument against religious influence on the American government and legal system analyzes the impact that religion has on culture in the United States. The book makes the claim that many laws based on religious beliefs, specifically theology promoted...
Spiritual Mestizaje
Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Gloria Anzaldúa’s narrative and theoretical innovations, particularly her concept of mestiza consciousness, have influenced critical thinking about colonialism, gender, history, language, religion, sexuality, spirituality, and subjectivity. Yet Anzaldúa’s theory of spiritual mestizaje has not...