Ancient Religions Modern Politics

Author : Michael Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691173344

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Ancient Religions, Modern Politics by Michael Cook Pdf

Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religions Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance—or irrelevance—of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism—in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion—is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians. A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today.

Author : Michael Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400850273

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Ancient Religions, Modern Politics by Michael Cook Pdf

Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance—or irrelevance—of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism—in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion—is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians. A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today.

Author : Charlotte Dunn,Elias Koulakiotis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527535404

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Political Religions in the Greco-Roman World by Charlotte Dunn,Elias Koulakiotis Pdf

Until the 1980s, historical treatments of ancient religion focused mainly on myth, cult and ritual as a way to interpret the mental structures or primary emotions of ancient peoples, but, in the last few decades, a “political turn” in the study of religion has taken hold. This volume serves to diversify our understanding of the political conceptualizations and implementations of religious practice in the ancient Mediterranean region from the 7th Century BCE to the 4th Century CE, in both Greek and Roman contexts. The underlying question taken up here is: in what situations was Greco-Roman religious practice articulated, communicated, and perceived in political contexts, both real and imagined? Written by experts in the fields of archaeology, linguistics, art history, historiography, political science and religion, the chapters of this volume engage the plurality and the diversity of the Greco-Roman religious experience as it receives and negotiates power relations.

Author : Derek R. Peterson,Darren R. Walhof
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0813530938

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The Invention of Religion by Derek R. Peterson,Darren R. Walhof Pdf

Is religion an obstacle to the values of modernity? Popular and scholarly opinion says that it is. In a world gripped in a clash of civilizations, religious absolutism seems to threaten the modern virtues of tolerance, reason, and freedom. This collection of historical essays argues that this popular view--religion versus modernity--is used by the politically powerful to construct the religious as irrational and antimodern. The authors study how nationalists, state officials, missionaries, and scholars in the West and in the colonized world defined and redefined the relationship between the political and the religious --From publisher's description.

Author : Michael A. Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691236582

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A History of the Muslim World by Michael A. Cook Pdf

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the book takes readers from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity. After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. It then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the key military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific. At the same time, A History of the Muslim World contains numerous primary-source quotations that expose the reader to a variety of acutely insightful voices from the Muslim past.

Author : Mark Lilla
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307472717

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The Stillborn God by Mark Lilla Pdf

A brilliant account of religion's role in the political thinking of the West, from the Enlightenment to the close of World War II.The wish to bring political life under God's authority is nothing new, and it's clear that today religious passions are again driving world politics, confounding expectations of a secular future. In this major book, Mark Lilla reveals the sources of this age-old quest-and its surprising role in shaping Western thought. Making us look deeper into our beliefs about religion, politics, and the fate of civilizations, Lilla reminds us of the modern West's unique trajectory and how to remain on it. Illuminating and challenging, The Stillborn God is a watershed in the history of ideas.

Author : Sarah Iles JOHNSTON
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674039186

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Ancient Religions by Sarah Iles JOHNSTON Pdf

Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths traveled with them. This collection of essays, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work Religion in the Ancient World, offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world.

Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674015177

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Religions of the Ancient World by Sarah Iles Johnston Pdf

This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.

Author : Ben Bennetts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0957321805

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The Religion Business by Ben Bennetts Pdf

Do not read this book if you have a blind faith in the existence of God, or any other god(s), and you don t want your faith shaken, stirred or otherwise disturbed. If you make the assumption that all gods, including God, are the inventions of fertile, imaginative and in some cases, manipulative minds, and then take a look at any specific religion, you see it for what it is a business like any other commercial business, marketing and selling a product in exchange not only for money but, in many cases, mind control of a large group of people. This book is written from this point of view and surveys both ancient and modern religions, questioning the evidence for the existence of God and challenging the beliefs, doctrines and practices of major religions such as Christianity and Islam. The contents include: Prologue. A Conversation With A Christian, 1. Introduction, 2. The Meaning Of Words Associated With Religion, Appendix: The Meaning Of The Word Religion, 3. The Beginnings Of Doubt: A Personal Odyssey, 4. A Summary Of World Religions: Ancient Religions, 5. A Summary Of World Religions: Modern Religions, 6. Evolution Versus Creationism, Appendix: A Human Biology Primer, 7. Christianity: Not What It Seems, 8. Islam And Armageddon, Appendix: Israel And Palestine, 9. The Need For A God, Postscript: The Science Of Faith, Epilogue. A Letter From A Granddaughter, A Sam Harris/Richard Dawkins Dictionary, Acknowledgements And Further Reading, Index

Author : Mark Lilla
Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015070744456

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The Stillborn God by Mark Lilla Pdf

The quest to bring political life under Gods authority has been revived, confounding expectations of a secular future. In this major book, Mark Lilla reveals the sources of this age-old quest--and its surprising role in shaping Western thought.

Author : S. S. Hasan
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195138689

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Christians Versus Muslims in Modern Egypt by S. S. Hasan Pdf

Review: "Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt is the first study of Christian identity politics in contemporary Egypt. S.S. Hasan begins by looking at how the Coptic generation of the 1940s and 1950s remembered, recovered, and imagined the ancient history of Christianity in Egypt in order to weld the Copts into a unified nation, resistant to the growing encroachments of Islam. She argues that this interpretation of history, in which Egyptian martyrs figure prominently, made possible the rebirth of the Coptic church and community - in much the same way as the preservation of Hebrew and the historical memory of Jewish tribulations served the purpose of national reconstruction of the state of Israel."--Jacket

Author : William Samuel Lilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Religions
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU16901720

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Many Mansions: Being Studies in Ancient Religions and Modern Thought by William Samuel Lilly Pdf

Author : Matt Sheedy
Publisher : Culture on the Edge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Identity politics
ISBN : 1781794898

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Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam by Matt Sheedy Pdf

The volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies?

Author : Yohanan Friedmann,Christoph Markschies
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110446395

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Rationalization in Religions by Yohanan Friedmann,Christoph Markschies Pdf

Current tendencies in religious studies and theology show a growing interest for the interchange between religions and the cultures of rationalization surrounding them. The studies published in this volume, based on the international conferences of both the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, aim to contribute to this field of interest by dealing with concepts and influences of rationalization in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and religion in general. In addition to taking a closer look at the immediate links in the history of tradition between those rationalizing movements and evolutions in religion, emphasis is put on intellectual-historical convergences: Therefore, the articles are led by central comparative questions, such as what factors foster/hinder rationalization?; where are criteria for rationalization drawn from?; in which institutions is rationalization taking place?; who propagates, supports and utilizes rationalization?

Author : Katherine Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Globalization
ISBN : 1619700581

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Global Institutions of Religion by Katherine Marshall Pdf

This work fills a significant gap in the current literature by providing a concise introduction to religious institutions and an insightful analysis of their role in world affairs. Focusing on formal institutions specifically dedicated to governing religious communities, the work examines the intersections between religious and other global institutions, set against the fundamental question: why and how do these intersections matter? The work explores the role of religion within key issues including : human rights, human security; international development and humanitarian relief; climate change; moral responsibilities. The new forms that religious institutions are taking, their fit with human rights and democratic ideals, their changing nature in plural societies, are a highly relevant part of the global institutional picture and this book is essential reading for all students and scholars of global institutions, international relations and religion.