The Religion Of Life

Author : Sarah Walsh
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822988090

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The Religion of Life by Sarah Walsh Pdf

The Religion of Life examines the interconnections and relationship between Catholicism and eugenics in early twentieth-century Chile. Specifically, it demonstrates that the popularity of eugenic science was not diminished by the influence of Catholicism there. In fact, both eugenics and Catholicism worked together to construct the concept of a unique Chilean race, la raza chilena. A major factor that facilitated this conceptual overlap was a generalized belief among historical actors that male and female gender roles were biologically determined and therefore essential to a functioning society. As the first English-language study of eugenics in Chile, The Religion of Life surveys a wide variety of different materials (periodicals, newspapers, medical theses, and monographs) produced by Catholic and secular intellectuals from the first half of the twentieth century. What emerges from this examination is not only a more complex rendering of the relationship between religion and science but also the development of White supremacist logics in a Latin American context.

Author : Abdul Wadod Shalabi,ʻAbd al-Wadūd Shalabī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Islam
ISBN : 1929694083

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Islam, Religion of Life by Abdul Wadod Shalabi,ʻAbd al-Wadūd Shalabī Pdf

This concise book is among the finest introductions to Islam for an educated readership. Its content is authentic, reliable, and powerfully presented -- written by an Islamic scholar, Dr. Abdul Wadod Shalabi, who combines traditional religious training from al-Azhar University and Western education from the University of Cambridge, where the author received his doctorate. Also, it has been edited by Abd al-Hakim Murad, himself a scholar.

Author : Patricia O'Connell Killen,Mark Silk
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780759115750

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Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest by Patricia O'Connell Killen,Mark Silk Pdf

When asked their religious identification, more people answer 'none' in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States. But this does not mean that the region's religious institutions are without power or that Northwesterners who do attend no place of worship are without spiritual commitments. With no dominant denomination, Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jews, adherents of Pacific Rim religious traditions, indigenous groups, spiritual environmentalists, and secularists must vie or sometimes must cooperate with each other to address the regions' pressing economic, environmental, and social issues. One cannot understand this complex region without understanding the fluid religious commitments of its inhabitants. And one cannot understand religion in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska without Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest.

Author : Jon Butler,Grant Wacker,Randall Balmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199913299

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Religion in American Life by Jon Butler,Grant Wacker,Randall Balmer Pdf

"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it."--Church History This new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Beginning with the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization and continuing through to the present, the book covers all the major American religious groups, from Protestants, Jews, and Catholics to Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists, and New Age believers. Revised and updated, the book includes expanded treatment of religion during the Great Depression, of the religious influences on the civil rights movement, and of utopian groups in the 19th century, and it now covers the role of religion during the 2008 presidential election, observing how completely religion has entered American politics.

Author : Clifford Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108421560

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Religion and the Meaning of Life by Clifford Williams Pdf

Explores life's meaning through the lens of belief in God and lived realities including boredom, denial of death, and suicide.

Author : David C. Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317194378

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Religion in Japanese Daily Life by David C. Lewis Pdf

Are Japanese people religious – and, if so, in what ways? David Lewis addresses this question from the perspective of ordinary Japanese people in the context of their life cycles, and explores why they engage in religious activities. He not only discusses how Japanese people engage in different religious practices as they encounter new events in their lives but also analyses the attitudes and motivations behind their behaviour. Activities such as fortune-telling, religious rites in the workplace, ancestral rites and visits to shrines and temples are actually engaged in by many people who view themselves as ‘non- religious’ but express their motivations in terms other than the conventional ‘religious’ ones. This book outlines the religious options available, and assesses why people choose particular religious activities at various times in their lives or in specific circumstances. The author challenges some widespread assumptions about religion in urban and industrial contexts and also shows how some of the underlying motivations behind Japanese behaviour are expressed both in religious and non-religious forms.

Author : Victor W. Watton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Christianity
ISBN : OCLC:1280864073

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Religion and Life by Victor W. Watton Pdf

Author : J. L. Menezes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015003056042

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The Life and Religion of Mohammed by J. L. Menezes Pdf

Mohammed's life by a priest in India who worked from the earliest Islamic sources.

Author : Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781784787301

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The Religion of the Future by Roberto Mangabeira Unger Pdf

A new philosophy of religion for a secular world How can we live in such a way that we die only once? How can we organize a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinvent religion so that it liberates us instead of consoling us? These questions stand at the center of Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s The Religion of the Future: an argument for both spiritual and political revolution. It proposes the content of a religion that can survive without faith in a transcendent God or in life after death. According to this religion—the religion of the future—human beings can be more human by becoming more godlike, not just later, in another life or another time, but right now, on Earth and in their own lives. They can become more godlike without denying the irreparable flaws in the human condition: our mortality, groundlessness, and insatiability.

Author : Richard J. Petts
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783038979289

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Religion and Family Life by Richard J. Petts Pdf

There has been increased interest among scholars in recent decades focused on the intersection of family and religion. Yet, there is still much that is not well-understood in this area. This aim of this special issue is to further explore the influence of religion on family life. In particular, this issue includes a collection of studies from leading scholars on religion and family life that focus on ways in which religion and spirituality may influence various aspects of family life including family processes, family structure, family formation, family dissolution, parenting, and family relationships. The studies included incorporate both qualitative and quantitative analyses, incorporate a number of different religious traditions, focus on religiosity among both adults and youth, and explore a number of important issues such as depression, intimacy, sexual behavior, lying, divorce, and faith transmission.

Author : Robert Joseph Taylor,Linda M. Chatters,Jeffrey S. Levin,Jeff Levin
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780761917090

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Religion in the Lives of African Americans by Robert Joseph Taylor,Linda M. Chatters,Jeffrey S. Levin,Jeff Levin Pdf

Religion in the Lives of African Americans: Social, Psychological, and Health Perspectives examines many broad issues including the structure and sociodemographic patterns of religious involvement; the relationship between religion and physical and mental health and well-being; the impact of church support and the use of ministers for personal issues; and the role of religion within specific subgroups of the African American population such as women and the elderly. Authors Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, and Jeff Levin reflect upon current empirical research and derive conclusions from several wide-ranging national surveys, as well as a focus group study of religion and coping. Recommended for students taking courses in racial and ethnic studies, multicultural and minority studies, black studies, religious studies, psychology, sociology, human development and family studies, gerontology, social work, public health, and nursing.

Author : Azizah al-Hibri,Jean Bethke Elshtain,Charles C. Haynes
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0393322068

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Religion in American Public Life by Azizah al-Hibri,Jean Bethke Elshtain,Charles C. Haynes Pdf

A thought-provoking discussion of the public and political expression of America's diverse religious beliefs.

Author : Gary Scott Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199391394

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Religion in the Oval Office by Gary Scott Smith Pdf

Many American presidents have had a deep and meaningful faith that has helped shape their worldviews and characters, and their religious commitments have strongly influenced their political philosophy, analysis of issues, decision-making, and performance in office. Numerous presidents have testified that their faith enabled them to cope with the colossal challenges of their office and gave them courage and comfort. This book examines eleven chief executives from John Adams to Barack Obama.

Author : Marion Bowman,Ulo Valk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317543541

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Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life by Marion Bowman,Ulo Valk Pdf

Vernacular religion is religion as people experience, understand, and practice it. It shapes everyday culture and disrupts the traditional boundaries between 'official' and 'folk' religion. The book analyses vernacular religion in a range of Christian denominations as well as in indigenous and New Age religion from the nineteenth century to today. How these differing expressions of belief are shaped by their individual, communal and national contexts is also explored. What is revealed is the consistency of genres, the persistence of certain key issues, and how globalization in all its cultural and technological forms is shaping contemporary faith practice. The book will be valuable to students of ethnology, folklore, religious studies, and anthropology.

Author : Mattias Brand
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004510296

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Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis by Mattias Brand Pdf

Published in Open Access with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Winner of the Manfred Lautenschläger Award! Religion is never simply there. In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis, Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.