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  • The Politics of New Atheism

    by Stuart McAnulla, Steven Kettell, Marcus Schulzke ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
    New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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  • What I Believe

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    Tariq Ramadan is very much a public figure, named one of Time magazine's most important innovators of the twenty-first century. He is among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around the world. But he has also been a lightning rod for controversy. Indeed, in 2004, Ramadan was prevented from entering the U.S. by the Bush administration and despite two appeals, supported ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Secularism

    Edited by Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen ...
    This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • Of Virgins and Martyrs

    Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict

    by David Jacobson ...
    Series series Themes in Global Social Change
    Explores the role of women’s status, bodies, and sexuality in global conflicts.Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and "SlutWalk" protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. In Of Virgins and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Is Critique Secular?

    Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

    by Talal Asad, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Saba Mahmood, the Authors ...
    This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing conflicts of our times?Taking as their point of departure the question of whether critique belongs ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Man's Dominion

    The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

    by Sheila Jeffreys ...
    In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as ‘male-headship’, impurity ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • The Road to Democracy in Iran

    by Akbar Ganji ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A famous Iranian dissident calls for universal human rights and democracy based on our common humanity.Akbar Ganji, called by some “Iran's most famous dissident,” was a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. But, troubled by the regime's repressive nature, he became an investigative journalist in the 1990s, writing for Iran's pro-democracy newspapers. Most notably, he traced the murders ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • If God Were a Human Rights Activist

    by Boaventura de Sousa Santos ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Human Rights
    We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Islam's Predicament with Modernity

    Religious Reform and Cultural Change

    by Bassam Tibi ...
    Islam's Predicament with Modernity presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved.Looking at the issue of modernity from an Islamic point of view, the author examines the role of culture and religion in Muslim society under conditions of globalisation, and analyses issues ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Women Embracing Islam

    Gender and Conversion in the West

    Edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk ...
    Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America are converting to Islam. What attracts these women to a belief system that is markedly different from both Western Christianity and Western secularism? What benefits do they gain by converting, and what are the costs? How do ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Secularism in International Relations

    by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    Conflicts involving religion have returned to the forefront of international relations. And yet political scientists and policymakers have continued to assume that religion has long been privatized in the West. This secularist assumption ignores the contestation surrounding the category of the "secular" in international politics. The Politics of Secularism in International Relations shows why this ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • Islam in Global Politics

    Conflict and Cross-Civilizational Bridging

    by Bassam Tibi ...
    Reaching beyond traditionally politicised scholarship to provide a unique perspective on the place of religion and culture in global and local politics, this book examines the impact of Islam on 'civilizational' relations between different groups and polities.Bassam Tibi takes a highly original approach to the topic of religion in world politics, exploring the place of Islam in society and its ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD