The Role Of Religion In History

Author : George Walsh
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412838788

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This comprehensive survey of religion and its profound effects on history provides a historical context for in-depth analysis of theological, social, and political themes in which religion plays a major role. George Walsh first traces the rise and impact of primitive religions. He looks at Indian traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and analyzes the Semitic tradition of Judaism and Christianity and the evolving conception of a personal God. He discusses the history and chief doctrines of Islam as well, with its fundamental respect for desert tribal values and its emphasis on both the authority of God and the brotherhood of believers. Walsh then compares Judaism and Christianity. He sees Judaism as marked by a profound ambivalence between the values of tribal, nomadic desert life and the values of urban civilization, individualism, and collectivism. Judaism is “this-worldly,” but the Christian worldview is “other-wordly.” Walsh closes with a timely discussion of the ethical, political, and economic teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, focusing specifically on their differing attitudes toward sex, reproduction, and marriage; their basic views of mind and body; and man’s relation to God.

Author : George Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351474856

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The Role of Religion in History by George Walsh Pdf

This comprehensive survey of religion and its profound effects on history provides a historical context for in-depth analysis of theological, social, and political themes in which religion plays a major role. George Walsh first traces the rise and impact of primitive religions. He looks at Indian traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and analyzes the Semitic tradition of Judaism and Christianity and the evolving conception of a personal God. He discusses the history and chief doctrines of Islam as well, with its fundamental respect for desert tribal values and its emphasis on both the authority of God and the brotherhood of believers. Walsh then compares Judaism and Christianity. He sees Judaism as marked by a profound ambivalence between the values of tribal, nomadic desert life and the values of urban civilization, individualism, and collectivism. Judaism is "this-worldly," but the Christian worldview is "other-wordly." Walsh closes with a timely discussion of the ethical, political, and economic teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, focusing specifically on their differing attitudes toward sex, reproduction, and marriage; their basic views of mind and body; and man's relation to God.

Author : Patrick C. Hylton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : UVA:X030521576

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The Role of Religion in Caribbean History by Patrick C. Hylton Pdf

Author : Bernd-Christian Otto,Susanne Rau,Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110437256

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History and Religion by Bernd-Christian Otto,Susanne Rau,Jörg Rüpke Pdf

History is one of the most important cultural tools to make sense of one’s situation, to establish identity, define otherness, and explain change. This is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion, taking into account religious groups both as producers of historical narratives as well as distinct topics of historiography. Coming from different disciplines, the authors of this volume ask under which conditions and with what consequences religions are historicised. How do religious groups employ historical narratives in the construction of their identities? What are the biases and elisions of current analytical and descriptive frames in the History of Religion? The volume aims at initiating a comparative historiography of religion and combines disciplinary competences of Religious Studies and the History of Religion, Confessional Theologies, History, History of Science, and Literary Studies. By applying literary comparison and historical contextualization to those texts that have been used as central documents for histories of individual religions, their historiographic themes, tools and strategies are analysed. The comparative approach addresses circum-Mediterranean and European as well as Asian religious traditions from the first millennium BCE to the present and deals with topics such as the origins of religious historiography, the practices of writing and the transformation of narratives.

Author : Paul Harvey,Edward J. Blum
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231530781

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The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History by Paul Harvey,Edward J. Blum Pdf

The first guide to American religious history from colonial times to the present, this anthology features twenty-two leading scholars speaking on major themes and topics in the development of the diverse religious traditions of the United States. These include the growth and spread of evangelical culture, the mutual influence of religion and politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the role of gender and popular culture, and the problems and possibilities of pluralism. Geared toward general readers, students, researchers, and scholars, The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History provides concise yet broad surveys of specific fields, with an extensive glossary and bibliographies listing relevant books, films, articles, music, and media resources for navigating different streams of religious thought and culture. The collection opens with a thematic exploration of American religious history and culture and follows with twenty topical chapters, each of which illuminates the dominant questions and lines of inquiry that have determined scholarship within that chapter's chosen theme. Contributors also outline areas in need of further, more sophisticated study and identify critical resources for additional research. The glossary, "American Religious History, A–Z," lists crucial people, movements, groups, concepts, and historical events, enhanced by extensive statistical data.

Author : Marguerite Van Die
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802082459

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Religion and Public Life in Canada by Marguerite Van Die Pdf

As this collection of scholarly case studies reveals, religion once played a major public role in all aspects of Canadian society, including politics, education, and culture.

Author : John C. Super,Briane K. Turley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134379293

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Religion in World History by John C. Super,Briane K. Turley Pdf

In Religion and World History, distinguished authors John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. They explore the elements of religion which best connect it to the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history. Working within this framework, Super and Turley present three unifying themes: * the relationship between formal and informal religious beliefs, how these change through time, and how they are reflected in different cultures * the relationship between church and state, from theocracies to the repression of religion * the ongoing search for spiritual certainty, and the consequent splintering of core religious beliefs and the development of new ones. One of the few recent books to examine religion’s role in geo-political affairs, its unique approach enables the reader to grasp the many and complex ways in which religion acts upon and reacts to broader global processes.

Author : Kim Woodring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1516580702

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The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations by Kim Woodring Pdf

Author : Krzysztof Michalski
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9786155053900

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Religion in the New Europe by Krzysztof Michalski Pdf

The articles in this volume deal with the role of Christianity in the definition of European identity. Europeans often identify advanced civilizations with secularity. But religion is very much alive in other fast developing countries of the world. In Europe, nevertheless, the organized churches very much wanted to stress the Christian character of European identity, and this engendered a lively protest focusing on the perceived threat to the secular European tradition. Also, Europe is facing its greatest cultural challenge in the demand of Turkey to be admitted as a member, and in the demand of many Muslims in Europe, often citizens of the countries in which they live, to be recognized in their difference and at the same time integrated in the European national and supranational institutions.

Author : Jonathan H. Ebel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691162188

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Faith in the Fight by Jonathan H. Ebel Pdf

Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them. Revising the conventional view that the war was universally disillusioning, Faith in the Fight argues that the war in fact strengthened the religious beliefs of the Americans who fought, and that it helped spark a religiously charged revival of many prewar orthodoxies during a postwar period marked by race riots, labor wars, communist witch hunts, and gender struggles. For many Americans, Ebel argues, the postwar period was actually one of "reillusionment." Demonstrating the deep connections between Christianity and Americans' experience of the First World War, Faith in the Fight encourages us to examine the religious dimensions of America's wars, past and present, and to work toward a deeper understanding of religion and violence in American history.

Author : Jared Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107036819

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Rulers, Religion, and Riches by Jared Rubin Pdf

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

Author : Antony Loewenstein,Jane Caro,Rachel Woodlock,Simon Smart
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781743289136

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For God's Sake by Antony Loewenstein,Jane Caro,Rachel Woodlock,Simon Smart Pdf

Four Australian thinkers come together to ask and answer the big questions, such as: What is the nature of the universe? Doesn't religion cause most of the conflict in the world? and Where do we find hope? We are introduced to the detail of different belief systems - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - and to the argument that atheism, like organised religion, has its own compelling logic. And we gain insight into the life events that led each author to their current position. Jane Caro flirted briefly with spiritual belief, inspired by 19th century literary heroines such as Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontë sisters. Antony Lowenstein is proudly culturally, yet unconventionally, Jewish. Simon Smart is firmly and resolutely a Christian, but one who has had some of his most profound spiritual moments while surfing. Rachel Woodlock grew up in the alternative embrace of Baha'i belief but became entranced by its older parent religion, Islam. Provocative, informative and passionately argued, For God's Sake encourages us to accept religious differences but to also challenge more vigorously the beliefs that create discord.

Author : Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136459504

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A History of State and Religion in India by Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles Pdf

Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration. The book is structured around six key arenas of interaction between state and religion: cow worship and sacrifice, control of temples and shrines, religious festivals and processions, proselytising and conversion, communal riots, and religious teaching/doctrine and family law. It offers a challenging argument about the role of the state in religious life in a historical continuum, and identifies points of similarity and contrast between periods and regimes. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on South Asian History and Religion.

Author : Paul Harvey,Philip Goff
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231118842

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The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945 by Paul Harvey,Philip Goff Pdf

This unique documentary history brings together manifestos, Supreme Court decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book excerpts, pastoral letters, interviews, song lyrics, memoirs, and poems reflecting the vitality, diversity, and changing nature of religious belief and practice in America since 1945. Covering both the center and the margins of American religious life, these documents reflect the role of religion and theology in the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements as well as in the conservative responses to these. Issues regarding religion and contemporary American culture are explored in documents about the rise of the evangelical movement and the religious right; the impact of "new" (post-1965) immigrant communities on the religious landscape; the popularity of alternative, New Age, and non-Western beliefs; and the relationship between religion and popular culture. The editors conclude with selections exploring major themes of American religious life at the millennium as well as excerpts that speculate on the future of religion in the United States.

Author : Amanda Porterfield,John Corrigan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781405161374

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Religion in American History by Amanda Porterfield,John Corrigan Pdf

This student-friendly introduction combines both thematic and chronological approaches in exploring the pivotal role religion played in American history - and of its impact across a range of issues, from identity formation and politics, to race, gender, and class. A comprehensive introduction to American religious history that successfully combines thematic and chronological approaches, aiding both teaching and learning Brings together a stellar cast of experts to trace the development of theology, the political order, practice, and race, ethnicity, gender and class throughout America's history Accessibly structured in to four key eras: Exploration and Encounter (1492-1676); The Atlantic World (1676-1802); American Empire (1803-1898); and Global Reach (1898-present). Investigates the role of religion in forming people's identities, emotional experiences, social conflict, politics, and patriotism