A Populism Of The Spirit Further Essays In Politics And Universal Ethics

Author : Shimon Cowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-01-22
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 1922815292

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A POPULISM OF THE SPIRIT - FURTHER ESSAYS IN POLITICS AND UNIVERSAL ETHICS by Shimon Cowen Pdf

A Populism of the Spirit - Further Essays on Politics and Universal Ethics is a sequel to Shimon Cowen's Politics and Universal Ethics, which found strong resonance with politicians from both sides of politics who hosted its launches in all six State Legislatures of Australia. Both books explore general questions for the idea of universal ethics, their application to contemporary political issues and the features of contemporary culture which challenge them. The ideal espoused in these books is that diverse political temperaments within individual societies, and diverse national cultures within world society, can together constitute a civilization, harmonious and luminous because it reflects objective, universal norms. Yet this can be gained only through a "populism" - a resurgence and reassertion - of the human spirit, which recognizes those universal ethics. Many of the essays in A Populism of the Spirit, as in its predecessor volume, take their cue as responses to specific legislative and policy challenges to universal ethics in Australia. This does not limit their relevance to other societies around the world, for the Australian scene is simply a microcosm of global issues not only of Western, but also of non-Western, societies. The author's The Theory and Practice of Universal Ethics - the Noahide Laws has been translated into Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Indonesian. Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, out of a dual background of secular academia and traditional religious studies, founded and directs the Institute for Judaism and Civilization in Melbourne, Australia. He is a son of a former Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.

Author : Ulrich Schmiedel,Joshua Ralston
Publisher : Political and Public Theologie
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004498311

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The Spirit of Populism by Ulrich Schmiedel,Joshua Ralston Pdf

"Populism is a buzzword. This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts in order to understand what lies behind the buzz. Engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought and theology, contributions by more than twenty established and emerging scholars explore right-wing and left-wing protests, offering critical interpretations and creative interventions for a polarized public square. Both methodologically and thematically, the compilation moves beyond essentialist definitions of religion, encouraging a comparative approach to political theology today"--

Author : Roger S. Gottlieb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442239418

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Political and Spiritual by Roger S. Gottlieb Pdf

Roger S. Gottlieb is internationally known for his groundbreaking studies of religious environmentalism, passionate account of spirituality in an age of environmental crisis, and enlightening vision of the role of religion in a democratic society. Political and Spiritual brings together for the first time his most powerful essays on these and related themes. The book’s wealth of topics includes spiritual deep ecology, ethical theory, animal rights, the Holocaust, the environmental crisis, and the experience of disability—as well as new essays on the human meaning of technology, facing death, and a fascinating intellectual autobiography. As a whole, Political and Spiritual reveals Gottlieb’s unique ability to connect our collective struggles for a just, rational, and caring society with our personal strivings for contentment, wisdom, and compassion.

Author : Ulrich Schmiedel,Joshua Ralston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Populism
ISBN : OCLC:1396909285

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The Spirit of Populism by Ulrich Schmiedel,Joshua Ralston Pdf

Populism is a buzzword. This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts in order to understand what lies behind the buzz. Engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought and theology, contributions by more than twenty established and emerging scholars explore right-wing and left-wing protests, offering critical interpretations and creative interventions for a polarized public square. Both methodologically and thematically, the compilation moves beyond essentialist definitions of religion, encouraging a comparative approach to political theology today.

Author : Emanuel L. Paparella
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1536128724

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Essays on the Philosophical Nexus Between Religion and Politics by Emanuel L. Paparella Pdf

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536856

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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde Pdf

The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789389812589

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Populism and Its Limits by Anonim Pdf

Populism and Its Limits is a response to the evaluative and celebratory approaches to populism in social sciences and humanities. It seeks to study the phenomenon of populism, thoroughly consider its limits and, if possible, proposes ways out to other kinds of commitment in life, living and politics. It aims to formulate responses that take on the spurious and non-dialectical dissociation between thought and action, intellect and emotion, the people and the elite.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004498327

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The Spirit of Populism by Anonim Pdf

This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts, engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought. Moving beyond essentialist definitions of religion, the contributions offer critical interpretations and constructive interventions for political theology today.

Author : Thierry-Marie Courau,Susan Abraham,Mile Babić
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Populism
ISBN : 0334031532

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Populism and Religion by Thierry-Marie Courau,Susan Abraham,Mile Babić Pdf

Editorial 7 Part One: World Situations Populism and Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 MILE BABIĆ Populism and Religious Nationalism in India 26 FRANCIS GONSALVES The Nationalisation of the Central Islamic Reference Point: Islam and Populism in the History of Turkey 37 DILEK SARMIS Part Two: Analyses Religious Populism: the New Avatar of Political Crisis 50 FRANÇOIS MABILLE Masculinist Populism and Toxic Christianity in the United States 61 SUSAN ABRAHAM Part Three: Challenging populism by theology The 'People' of God and its Idols in the 'One and Other' Testaments: How Sacred Scripture Challenges Populist Rhetoric 74 MARIDA NICOLACI 'Bridges not Barriers': The Potential of Christian Hope to Counter Right-Wing Populism 89 ANDREAS LOB-HÜDEPOHL Right-wing Populism and Catholicity: An Ecclesiological Reflection 101 FRANZ GMAINER-PRANZEL The Paradoxes of Populism and the Church's Contribution to Democracy: Some Hypotheses 111 CARMELO DOTOLO Part Four: Theological Forum Summer of Shame: American Catholics and the Latest Wave of the Abuse Crisis 124 CATHLEEN KAVENY Listening to the Conversation: After the Synod of Bishops Meeting on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment 130 BRUNO CADORÉ Contributors 136

Author : James Allan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773591936

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Democracy in Decline by James Allan Pdf

Part lament, part provocative call-to-action, Democracy in Decline charts how democracy is being diluted and restricted in five of the world's oldest democracies - the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. James Allan targets four main, interconnected causes of decline - judicial activism, the transformation and growth of international law, the development of supranational organizations, and the presence of undemocratic elites. He presents a convincing argument that the same trends are occurring whether the country has a constitutional bill of rights (United States and Canada), a statutory bill of rights (the United Kingdom and New Zealand), or no bill of rights at all (Australia). Identifying tactics used by lawyers, judges, and international bureaucrats to deny that any decline has occurred, Allan looks ahead to further deterioration caused by attacks on free speech, intolerant worldviews, internationalization through treaties and conventions, and illegal immigration. Social and political decisions, Allan argues, must be based on counting every adult in a nation state as equal. An essential book for anyone concerned with majority rule and fairness in numbers, Democracy in Decline presents a clear, well-stated account of trends that have been undermining democracy over three decades.

Author : Michael Cook
Publisher : Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1925501469

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The Great Human Dignity Heist by Michael Cook Pdf

The Great Human Dignity Heist is a collection of prickly, sceptical comments on euthanasia, abortion, IVF, stem-cell research, torture, and other 21st Century bioethical quandaries. After reading this sparkling anthology you'll never again genuflect before the humbug of pretentious academics.

Author : Shimon Cowen
Publisher : Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1925501116

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Homosexuality, Marriage and Society by Shimon Cowen Pdf

The question of same-sex vs traditional marriage is part of a larger argument - between two world-views of the human being and society - which branches into important subsidiary questions. Is the human being primarily a physical being, whose polymorphous impulses determine changing moral identities - or the possessor of a conscience or soul, with an objective moral template, that arbitrates between impulses? On homosexuality as a "variant" sexuality with a claim to marriage: does "homosexual" define a person; or is homosexuality something other than the essence of the person, impacting it from outer physical, psychological or cultural sources? With regard to children and marriage: is "love" alone sufficient to warrant the creation of children by donor reproduction for same-sex couples; or do children's deepest needs require full biological identity with, and nurture from, their mother and father? As for the homosexual him- or herself: is there a valid choice to struggle with one's own homosexuality; or is that struggle the illusory outcome of "internalized homophobia" and therapy to change homosexuality should be banned? In its consequences for school education: should sexually diverse identities be encouraged in children; or does authentic education mean socializing children into traditional, universal values? Only when the mantras and slogans of the debate are set aside and the different approaches to these questions are examined, can we sense what the real issues and answers are. Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, son of a former Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen, is the founder and director of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization. His interest in the core universal values at the root of the great faiths and traditions is the subject of his two recent books, Politics and Universal Ethics and The Theory and Practice of Universal Ethics - the Noahide Laws.

Author : Iain T. Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 1921421703

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Living Together with Disagreement by Iain T. Benson Pdf

In this incisive and thought-provoking study, legal expert Iain Benson confronts crucial and controversial issues in the relation between religion and to-day's pluralistic, secular state. He reminds us of the original and proper sense of the "secular", not as meaning "anti-religious" but as encompassing without prejudice differing forms of religious belief and disbelief. Analysing recent judicial pronouncements, mainly but not exclusively from his native Canada, Benson demonstrates how this correct understanding of the secular has protected religious rights in the public square by preventing a totalistic state endorsement of any one form of belief. In the second part of his work, Benson draws on the conclusions of leading legal philosophers to show that recognizing the dignity of individuals in no way precludes open, public dissent from their views on such disputed topics as same-sex marriage. Envisaging the development of "a richer conception of diversity and genuine tolerance with an appropriately communitarian focus", Benson also issues an important warning against emerging tendencies to constrict such diversity in the name of a pseudo-liberal uniformity.

Author : Andrew Drummond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922449407

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Rocks in Our Heads by Andrew Drummond Pdf

This book contains a collection of 32 short stories by 26 geologists and a mining engineer who have given some, and often much, of their professional careers in the endeavour to find and help develop economic mineral deposits in lands remote from Australia. The stories are not technically oriented, and the standard of the prose is variable. The general theme is the adventures, frustrations, inevitable dangers, and different cultural challenges which have been experienced. Sometimes we overcame these challenges, and sometimes vice versa. It may lead the general reader to an appreciation of what is required at the personal level to find the minerals which are the basis of the consumer goods on which we all rely these days to a huge extent. Collectively, they may answer the questions I asked myself in Siberia in 1993, as described by my story in the book: "What the hell am I doing here, and why?" The collection has been grouped by geographic region, then by time sequence. Readers will be exposed to wild animals and wild people; shady, generous, and lucky individuals; dodgy jurisdictions, revolutions, and war; dangerous, frustrating, and challenging situations; harsh to idyllic work surroundings; and more. We hope you will enjoy doing so and, through it, gain an appreciation of what we do, where, how and why as we go about earning a living and trying to find the mineral deposits the world needs.

Author : Raschke Carl Raschke
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474454582

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Neoliberalism and Political Theology by Raschke Carl Raschke Pdf

Neoliberalism has become the operative buzzword among pundits and academics to characterise an increasingly dysfunctional global political economy. It is often - wrongly - identified exclusively with free market fundamentalism and illiberal types of cultural conservatism. Combining penetrating argument and broad-ranging scholarship, Carl Raschke shows what the term really means, how it evolved and why it has been so misunderstood. He lays out how the present new world disorder, signalled by the election of Trump and Brexit, derives less from the ascendancy of reactionary forces and more from the implosion of the post-Cold War effort to establish a progressive international moral and political order for the cynical benefit of a new cosmopolitan knowledge class, mimicking the so-called civilising mission of 19th-century European colonialists.