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  1. Islam and Political Legitimacy

    Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh, Abdullah Saeed

    Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South East Asia and highlight the immediacy of the challenge for the political leadership...

    Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge

  2. Political Islam

    Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies

    Edited by Barry Rubin

    Published December 3rd 2006 by Routledge

  3. Religion and Violence in South Asia

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by John Hinnells, Richard King

    Do religions justify and cause violence or are they more appropriately seen as forces for peace and tolerance? Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, this book explores the debate that has emerged in the context of secular modernity about whether religion is a primary...

    Published November 22nd 2006 by Routledge

  4. Mother Teresa

    Saint or Celebrity?

    By Gëzim Alpion

    Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa...

    Published October 5th 2006 by Routledge

  5. Religions in Global Society

    By Peter Beyer

    Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions,...

    Published May 3rd 2006 by Routledge

  6. Selling Spirituality

    The Silent Takeover of Religion

    By Jeremy Carrette, Richard King

    From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism. Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how...

    Published September 15th 2004 by Routledge

  7. The Politics of Buddhist Organizations in Taiwan, 1989-2003

    Safeguard the Faith, Build a Pure Land, Help the Poor

    By André Laliberté

    Laliberté looks at a relatively unexplored aspect of modern Taiwan: the influence of religion on politics. This book offers a detailed survey of three of the most important Buddhist organizations in Taiwan: the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC), the Buddha Light Mountain (or...

    Published August 25th 2004 by Routledge

  8. The Dialectics of Myth

    By Aleksei Fyodorovich Losev

    Aleksei Fedorovich Losev (1893-1988) was among the greatest Russian philosophers, thinkers, and classicists of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Mikhail Bakhtin, and a scholar of astonishing erudition, his work remained almost unknown to the public until the fall of communism in 1990. The...

    Published August 27th 2003 by Routledge

  9. Action Dharma

    New Studies in Engaged Buddhism

    Edited by Damien Keown, Charles S. Prebish, Christopher Queen

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

    Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest...

    Published May 28th 2003 by Routledge

  10. The Freedom to do God's Will

    Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change

    Edited by James Busuttil, Gerrie ter Haar

    Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With special reference to human rights issues, women's rights and the...

    Published September 4th 2002 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism: Trends and Patterns
    Edited by Assaf Moghadam
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  2. Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere
    Edited by Niamh Reilly, Stacey Scriver
    To Be Published July 10th 2013
  3. Ethnicity and Religion: Intersections and Comparisons
    Edited by Joseph Ruane, Jennifer Todd
    To Be Published August 12th 2013
  4. Religion and Democratizations
    Edited by Jeffrey Haynes
    To Be Published August 15th 2013
  5. Religion and Politics in Turkey
    Edited by Barry Rubin, Ali Çarkoglu
    To Be Published August 15th 2013

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