A Constructive Critique Of Religion

Author : Mia Lövheim,Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1350113123

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"Increasing religious diversity and the associated confrontations between those with different worldviews means there is a pressing need to engage with how constructive interaction and critique can be developed across diverse interests. Contributors to this collection tackle this challenge through an analysis of the reasons underpinning a critique of religion in institutional contexts of secular democratic societies. They explore how social and cultural conditions shaping these institutions enable and structure a critical and constructive engagement across diverging worldviews. This dual approach offers an innovative way of addressing the question of why some strategies for critique of religion seem to be more beneficial for constructive engagement, whereas others increase intolerance, polarization, and conflict. A key argument running through the book is that to develop constructive forms of critique a more thorough and systematic investigation of resources for criticism located within religious worldviews themselves is needed. This investigation needs to be anchored in an analysis of conditions under which such resources can be accommodated within particular social institutions. Chapters address how critique of Islam and Christianity in particular is expressed in academia, the law, politics, media, civil society, education and parenting with a focus on Northern Europe and North America. The interdisciplinary approach, which combines theoretical perspectives from theology, philosophy, religious studies, history, sociology, law, and educational studies with empirical case studies, contributes to advancing studies of the complex and contentious character of religion in contemporary society"--...

Author : Mia Lövheim,Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350113107

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A Constructive Critique of Religion by Mia Lövheim,Mikael Stenmark Pdf

Why do some strategies for critique of religion seem to be more beneficial for constructive engagement, whereas others increase intolerance, polarization, and conflict? Through an analysis of the reasons underpinning a critique of religion in institutional contexts of secular democratic societies, A Constructive Critique of Religion explores how constructive interaction and critique can be developed across diverse interests. It shows how social and cultural conditions shaping these institutions enable and structure a critical and constructive engagement across diverging worldviews. A key argument running through the book is that to develop constructive forms of critique a more thorough and systematic investigation of resources for criticism located within religious worldviews themselves is needed. Chapters also address how critique of Islam and Christianity in particular is expressed in areas such as academia, the law, politics, media, education and parenting, with a focus on Northern Europe and North America. The interdisciplinary approach, which combines theoretical perspectives with empirical case studies, contributes to advancing studies of the complex and contentious character of religion in contemporary society.

Author : John Bickford Heard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : YALE:39002088448361

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Old and New Theology by John Bickford Heard Pdf

Author : John Bickford Heard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : OXFORD:590473128

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Old and New Theology. A Constructive Critique by John Bickford Heard Pdf

Author : Mia Lövheim,Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350113114

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A Constructive Critique of Religion by Mia Lövheim,Mikael Stenmark Pdf

Why do some strategies for critique of religion seem to be more beneficial for constructive engagement, whereas others increase intolerance, polarization, and conflict? Through an analysis of the reasons underpinning a critique of religion in institutional contexts of secular democratic societies, A Constructive Critique of Religion explores how constructive interaction and critique can be developed across diverse interests. It shows how social and cultural conditions shaping these institutions enable and structure a critical and constructive engagement across diverging worldviews. A key argument running through the book is that to develop constructive forms of critique a more thorough and systematic investigation of resources for criticism located within religious worldviews themselves is needed. Chapters also address how critique of Islam and Christianity in particular is expressed in areas such as academia, the law, politics, media, education and parenting, with a focus on Northern Europe and North America. The interdisciplinary approach, which combines theoretical perspectives with empirical case studies, contributes to advancing studies of the complex and contentious character of religion in contemporary society.

Author : Jason A. Wyman Jr.
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418612

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Constructing Constructive Theology by Jason A. Wyman Jr. Pdf

To date, constructive theology hasn’t been viewed or conceptualized as a movement or trend in theology on its own as a whole. Questions arise as to what constructive theology is, where it came from, why it considers itself “constructive,” and why constructive is something different from the ways in which theology has been done in the past. This book traces the overall historical arc of constructive theology, from proto-movement through the present. Inklings of constructive theology emerged well before it began to take any formalized shape. At the same time, an important shift occurred when a group of theologians decided to create the Workgroup on Constructive Theology. Further, even as the workgroup continues to work collectively, producing textbooks, statements, and methodologies concerning theology, many theologians who are not part of the workgroup or may not even know it exists have adopted the moniker of “constructive theologian.” The book also considers the term “constructive” itself, offering possible reasons and historical contexts that led to this distinction being made in contrast to “systematic” theology and its subcategories. Constructive theology speaks to a very specific, historically situated emergence in the academy generally and in theology’s attempts to engage those shifts specifically.

Author : Clive Erricker,Judith Lowndes,Elaine Bellchambers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136909290

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Primary Religious Education – A New Approach by Clive Erricker,Judith Lowndes,Elaine Bellchambers Pdf

The role of Religious Education within the primary school and how it should be implemented has been the subject of worldwide debate. Responding to the delivery of the non-statutory framework for RE and the recent emphasis on a creative primary curriculum Primary Religious Education - A New Approach models a much needed pedagogical framework, encouraging conceptual enquiry and linking theory to its implementation within the wider curriculum in schools. The book outlines this new conceptual approach to Religious Education and is based upon the Living Difference syllabus successfully implemented in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and Westminster. It demonstrates how to implement the requirements of the new QCDA curriculum and Ofsted criteria for effective RE and is rapidly gaining both national and international support. Through this approach, Religious Education is discussed within the larger context of primary education in the contemporary world. This book will help you to teach RE in a creative way in the primary classroom by providing: historical commentaries an overview of existing approaches case studies based upon developments in religious literacy connections to initiatives such as Every Child Matters and cross-curricular links to other areas of the curriculum, including PSHE. With an all-encompassing global context, this book provides tutors, students and practicing teachers with a firm basis for developing their thinking about the subject of RE, how it is placed in the primary curriculum and how it may be successfully implemented in schools.

Author : Geir Skeie
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783830971542

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Religious Diversity and Education. Nordic Perspectives by Geir Skeie Pdf

In the last ten years or so, religious plurality has become higher on the agenda for religious education research in the Nordic countries. This attention to religious plurality partly reflects processes of globalisation that include both physical migration and communication of ideas and is-sues across the world, making it ‘smaller’. It also reflects the preoccupation of governments with social cohesion and, as part of this, intercultural education. In the curricula of the Nordic countries this is manifested in different ways, setting also the agenda for parts of educational research. This book addresses issues related to the increasing religious plurality in the Nordic countries. These issues are a challenge to many religious groups including historically dominant Lutheran national churches, both nationally and locally. They have also led to a reorientation in religious education research in the last decade. A rich variety of research perspectives are presented under three headings: Theoretical and methodical perspectives, The world of the students, Teachers and textbooks. Nordic religious education research here proves to be internationally oriented in terms of theoretical perspectives, whilst also contributing to the debate through important empirical studies. Examples of issues covered in the book are unintended learning, dialogue, gender, life-interpretation, spirituality, identity and values. In different ways all the contributions in this book shed light on the common theme of diversity, and are based on a will to include diverse perspectives both on the actors and the material of the classroom as well as on the life world of young people. The researchers represent different generations and different theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783830967651

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Religion and Education in Europe by Robert Jackson Pdf

Author : Omer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197683019

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Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding by Omer Pdf

An investigation of what consolidating religion as a technology of peacebuilding and development does to people's accounts of their religious and cultural traditions and why interreligious peacebuilding entrenches colonial legacies in the present. Throughout the global south, local and international organizations are frequent participants in peacebuilding projects that focus on interreligious dialogue. Yet as Atalia Omer argues in Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding, the effects of their efforts are often perverse, reinforcing neocolonial practices and disempowering local religious actors. Based on empirical research of inter and intra-religious peacebuilding practices in Kenya and the Philippines, Omer identifies two paradoxical findings: first, religious peacebuilding practices are both empowering and depoliticizing and, second, more doing of religion does not necessarily denote deeper or more critical religious literacy. Further, she shows that these religious actors generate decolonial openings regardless of how closed or open their religious communities are. Hence, religion's occasional usefulness in peacebuilding does not necessarily mean justice-oriented outcomes. The book not only uses decolonial and intersectional prisms to expose the entrenched and ongoing colonial dynamics operative in religion and the practices of peacebuilding and development in the global South, but it also speaks to decolonial theory through stories of transformation and survival.

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101217658

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The Reason for God by Timothy Keller Pdf

A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.

Author : Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691180953

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The Impossibility of Religious Freedom by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Pdf

The Constitution may guarantee it. But religious freedom in America is, in fact, impossible. So argues this timely and iconoclastic work by law and religion scholar Winnifred Sullivan. Sullivan uses as the backdrop for the book the trial of Warner vs. Boca Raton, a recent case concerning the laws that protect the free exercise of religion in America. The trial, for which the author served as an expert witness, concerned regulations banning certain memorials from a multiconfessional nondenominational cemetery in Boca Raton, Florida. The book portrays the unsuccessful struggle of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish families in Boca Raton to preserve the practice of placing such religious artifacts as crosses and stars of David on the graves of the city-owned burial ground. Sullivan demonstrates how, during the course of the proceeding, citizens from all walks of life and religious backgrounds were harassed to define just what their religion is. She argues that their plight points up a shocking truth: religion cannot be coherently defined for the purposes of American law, because everyone has different definitions of what religion is. Indeed, while religious freedom as a political idea was arguably once a force for tolerance, it has now become a force for intolerance, she maintains. A clear-eyed look at the laws created to protect religious freedom, this vigorously argued book offers a new take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free democratic society. It will have broad appeal not only for religion scholars, but also for anyone interested in law and the Constitution. Featuring a new preface by the author, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom offers a new take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free democratic society.

Author : M. Seidel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137377890

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Epistemic Relativism by M. Seidel Pdf

Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist's intuition.

Author : W. H. T. N. Rainey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Church and the world
ISBN : PRNC:32101065972489

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The Church Impotent Here in Earth by W. H. T. N. Rainey Pdf

Author : Gracie Lyons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Communication
ISBN : UCSC:32106000104379

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Constructive Criticism by Gracie Lyons Pdf