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Women and Resistance in the Early Rastafari Movement is a
pioneering study of women's resistance in the emergent Rastafari
movement in colonial Jamaica. As D. A. Dunkley demonstrates,
Rastafari women had to contend not only with the various attempts
made by the government and nonmembers to suppress the movement, but
also with oppression and silencing from among their own ranks.
Dunkley examines the lives and experiences of a group of Rastafari
women between the movement's inception in the 1930s and Jamaica's
independence from Britain in the 1960s, uncovering their sense of
agency and resistance against both male domination and societal
opposition to their Rastafari identity. Countering many years of
scholarship that privilege the stories of Rastafari men, Women and
Resistance in the Early Rastafari Movement reclaims the voices and
narratives of early Rastafari women in the history of the Black
liberation struggle.
Islamic economics and finance has recently enjoyed a spike in
interest and a rise in status from theology-tinged discussion
fodder for Muslim intellectuals to a fully fledged academic
discipline knocking on the doors of university social science
departments. The Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and
Economic Life provides a solid background and overview of current
empirical research, evaluating how well Islamic institutions have
performed in pursuing their objectives. With contributions from
leading scholars, this unique Handbook provides chapters examining
a range of phenomena in Islamic finance, focusing on five main
research areas: religion and growth, Islamic social finance,
Islamic banking and finance, Islamic capital market and Sukuk
(Islamic bonds). This selection of research literature provides: -
a socio-economic profile of Muslim countries - an outline of
Islamic systems of accounting and governance - an analysis of the
religion-development link - a consideration of the role of the
state under Islam. Scholars of finance and Islam in Muslim and in
Western universities, students in graduate and post-graduate
courses in Islamic studies, and Islamic research institutes and
libraries in Western, Middle Eastern and Asian universities will
all find great value in this vital resource and its exploration of
a compelling approach to finance. Contributors include: A.U.F.
Ahmad, M.S. Akhtar, E. Aksak, M.A.M. Al JanabiIhsan Isik, N. Alam,
F. Alqahtani, S.O. Alhabshi, C. Aloui, S.B. Anceaur, D. Ashraf, M.
Asutay, A.F. Aysan, O. Bacha, A. Barajas, M. Bekri, C. De Anca, G.
Dewandaru, M. Disli, A.O. El Aloui, M. Farooq, K. Gazdar, R.
Grassa, H.B. Hamida, M.K. Hassan, R. Hayat, C.M. Henry, J. Howe,
M.H. Ibrahim, M. Jahrom, K. Jouaber-Snoussi, F. Kamarudin, M.
Khawaja, H. Khan, K. Khan, O. Krasicka, M.T. Majeed, N.A.K. Malim,
M. Masih, A. Massara, D.G. Mayes, A.K.M. Meera, M. Mehri, C.
Mertzanis, H.S. Min, M.A. Mobin, Y.A. Nainggolan, M. Naseri, A.M.
Nassir, A. Ng, S. Nowak, M.S. Nurzaman, M. Omran, H. Ozturk, M.
Rashid, M.E.S.M. Rashid, R.M. Shafi, A. Shah, N.S. Shirazi, F.
Sufian, G.M.W. Ullah, P. Verhoeven, L. Weill, S. Zaheer, S.R.S.M.
Zain, A. Zarka
Spiritual masters through the ages have devised methods different
than those of science for investigating the great mystery of nature
by, for example, immersing themselves in it, making use of silence,
stillness, and solitude. The scientific and spiritual quests have
been the two great quests of humanity, but somehow a feeling has
developed that science is antagonistic to spirituality. Since the
whole of reality is built up of both matter and consciousness, why
should the quest for the understanding of order in the external
world be antagonistic to the quest for the understanding of order
in the inner world of our consciousness? Science and Spirituality
for a Sustainable World brings together theories, methodologies,
new ideas, experiences, and applications emphasizing the importance
of both spirituality and skill for leadership and sustainable
management, sensitizing leaders and management practitioners toward
the spirituality-skill paradigm, skill-based leadership, and
highlighting the role of spiritual values for environmental
sustainability. Featuring a wide range of topics that focus on the
relationship between spirituality and science such as spiritual
education, management practices, and traditional wisdom, this book
is essential for researchers, academicians, administrators,
managers, professionals, policymakers, and students.
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