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Cunegonde's Kidnapping - A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment (Hardcover): Benjamin J Kaplan Cunegonde's Kidnapping - A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment (Hardcover)
Benjamin J Kaplan
R1,695 Discovery Miles 16 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, famous for its religious toleration. Cunegonde's Kidnapping tells in vivid detail the story of this hitherto unknown conflict. Drawing characters, scenes, and dialogue straight from a body of exceptional primary sources, it is the first microhistorical study of religious conflict and toleration in early modern Europe. In it, award-winning historian Benjamin J. Kaplan explores the dilemmas of interfaith marriage and the special character of religious life in a borderland, where religious dissenters enjoy unique freedoms. He also challenges assumptions about the impact of Enlightenment thought and suggests that, on a popular level, some parts of eighteenth-century Europe may not have witnessed a "rise of toleration."

Dealing with Differences - Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes (Paperback): John Forester Dealing with Differences - Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes (Paperback)
John Forester
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians, planners, and policymakers. John Forester is one of America's eminent scholars of progressive planning and dispute resolution in the policy arena, and in Dealing with Differences he focuses on a series of 'hard cases'--conflicts that appeared to be insoluble yet which were resolved in the end. Forester ranges across the country--from Hawaii to Maryland to Washington State--and across issues--the environment, ethnic conflict, and HIV. Throughout, he focuses on how innovative mediators settled seemingly intractable disputes. Between pessimism masquerading as 'realism' and the unrealistic idealism that 'we can all get along, ' Forester identifies the middle terrain where disputes do actually get resolved in ways that offer something for all sides. Dealing with Differences serves as an authoritative and fundamentally pragmatic pathway for anyone who has to engage in the highly contentious worlds of planning and policymaking.

Die Reformation - Voraussetzungen Und Durchsetzung (German, Paperback, 1., ed.): Olaf Moerke Die Reformation - Voraussetzungen Und Durchsetzung (German, Paperback, 1., ed.)
Olaf Moerke
R820 R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Save R112 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Islamic Fascism (Hardcover): Hamed Abdel-Samad Islamic Fascism (Hardcover)
Hamed Abdel-Samad
R811 R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Save R73 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This polemic against Islamic extremism highlights the striking parallels between contemporary Islamism and the 20th-century fascism embodied by Hitler and Mussolini. Like those infamous ideologies, Islamism today touts imperialist dreams of world domination, belief in its inherent superiority, contempt for the rest of humanity, and often a murderous agenda. The author, born and raised in Egypt and now living in Germany, not only explains the historical connections between early 20th-century fascist movements in Europe and extremist factions in Islam, but he also traces the fascist tendencies in mainstream Islam that have existed throughout its history. Examining key individuals and episodes from centuries past, the book shows the influence of Islam's earliest exploits on current politics in the Islamic world. The author's incisive analysis exposes the fascist underpinnings of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Shia regime in Iran, ISIS, Salafi and Jihadist ideologies, and more. Forcefully argued and well-researched, this book grew out of a lecture on Islamic fascism that the author gave in Cairo, resulting in a call for his death by three prominent Egyptian clerics.

The Black Sea - A History (Paperback): Charles King The Black Sea - A History (Paperback)
Charles King
R1,362 Discovery Miles 13 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaining book, which is based on extensive research in multiple languages, Charles King investigates the myriad connections that have made the Black Sea more of a bridge than a boundary, linking religious communities, linguistic groups, empires, and later, nations and states.

Peacemakers in Action: Volume 2 - Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Joyce S. Dubensky Peacemakers in Action: Volume 2 - Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Joyce S. Dubensky
R1,259 Discovery Miles 12 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including: * A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn * A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities * A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women - respectfully. Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1.

Under Caesar's Sword - How Christians Respond to Persecution (Paperback): Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah Under Caesar's Sword - How Christians Respond to Persecution (Paperback)
Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue that remains underreported. This volume presents the results of the first systematic global investigation into how Christians respond to persecution. World-class scholars of global Christianity present first-hand research from most of the sites of the harshest persecution as well as the West and Latin America. Their findings make clear the nature of persecution, the reasons for it, Christian responses to it - both non-violent and confrontational - and the effects of these responses. Motivating the volume is the hope that this knowledge will empower all who would exercise solidarity with the world's persecuted Christians and will offer the victims strategies for a more effective response. This book is written for anyone concerned about the persecution of Christians or more generally about the human right of religious freedom, including scholars, activists, political and religious leaders, and those who work for international organizations.

The Exit Visa - A Family's Flight from Nazi Europe (Hardcover): Sheila Rosenberg The Exit Visa - A Family's Flight from Nazi Europe (Hardcover)
Sheila Rosenberg
R1,255 Discovery Miles 12 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

6th September, 1942: a middle-aged Jewish refugee stands on the Swiss side of the Franco-Swiss border above Geneva. He has been living in Switzerland since he fled Vienna in November 1938, as the Nazi persecution of the city's Jewish population intensified. He is now waiting for the arrival of the wife he has not seen for nearly four years. Against all odds he has managed to get an entry permit for her to join him in Switzerland. She appears on the French side. They see each other. Call out. She begins to cross the few yards of no-mans-land that separate them. An official calls her back. She hesitates, turns, goes back - and is lost forever. This book tells the story of the wartime journey of Toni Schiff, as she ventured across Europe to the this fateful near-meeting at the Franco-Swiss border - and what happened next. Based on the extensive research of her daughter, Kindertransportee Hilda Schiff, and told by Sheila Rosenberg, who shared much of the later research and many of the research journeys, this book sheds light on the lives of one family - caught up in, and ultimately separated by, the tragic and tumultuous events of World War II.

Boundaries of Toleration (Hardcover, New): Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor Boundaries of Toleration (Hardcover, New)
Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor
R2,214 Discovery Miles 22 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How can people of diverse religious, historical, ethnic, and linguistic allegiances and identities live together without committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each other? Western civilization has long understood this dilemma as a question of toleration, yet the logic of toleration and the logic of multicultural rights entrenchment are two very different things. In this volume, contributors suggest we also think beyond toleration to mutual respect, practiced before the creation of modern multiculturalism in the West. Salman Rushdie reflects on the once mutually tolerant Sufi-Hindu culture of Kashmir. Ira Katznelson follows with an intellectual history of toleration as a layered institution in the West and councils against assuming we have transcended the need for such tolerance. Charles Taylor advances a new approach to secularism in our multicultural world, and Akeel Bilgrami responds by urging caution against making it difficult to condemn or make illegal dangerous forms of intolerance. The political theorist Nadia Urbanati explores why the West did not pursue Cicero's humanist ideal of concord as a response to religious discord.The volume concludes with a refutation of the claim that toleration was invented in the West and is alien to non-Western cultures.

Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel - The Ambivalences of Rejection, Antagonism, Tolerance and Co-operation (Hardcover, New):... Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel - The Ambivalences of Rejection, Antagonism, Tolerance and Co-operation (Hardcover, New)
Moshe Ma'oz
R3,561 Discovery Miles 35 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Manifestations of hatred of Jews and Israel have risen over the last few decades in the Arab and Muslim world. This hatred is demonstrated in many ways -- from propaganda to terrorism. But is such hatred the result of Islamic anti-Semitism, as widely claimed? Or does it have other roots and reasons? This book sets the record straight by explaining that while anti-Semitism is the credo of fanatic groups and regimes, such an attitude is not representative of traditional and contemporary Islam. For centuries Muslim attitudes to Jews were ambivalent: contempt and antagonism alongside tolerance and co-operation. In fact Jews under Islam were better off than their Christian neighbours, and much better off than their Jewish brethren under Christianity. A similar pattern of relations has developed over the last several decades between Muslim nations and the Jewish state of Israel: hostility and violence, mostly by Muslim Arabs, but also dialogue and co-operation by and with many other Muslims. These complex relations are discussed here by Muslim and Jewish scholars -- from Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, the USA, Palestine and Turkey -- who analyse the religious, cultural, political and economic factors that have shaped Muslim attitudes to Jews and Israel. Ideas and suggestions are put forward to improve Muslim-Jewish relations -- the theme of which was first conceived at an international conference organised by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Divinity School, Harvard University.

The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536-1820 - A Documentary History (Paperback): John F. Chuchiak IV The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536-1820 - A Documentary History (Paperback)
John F. Chuchiak IV; Translated by John F. Chuchiak IV
R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Inquisition Just the word itself evokes, to the modern reader, endless images of torment, violence, corruption, and intolerance committed in the name of Catholic orthodoxy and societal conformity. But what do most people actually know about the Inquisition, its ministers, its procedures? This systematic, comprehensive look at one of the most important Inquisition tribunals in the New World reveals a surprisingly diverse panorama of actors, events, and ideas that came into contact and conflict in the central arena of religious faith.

Edited and annotated by John F. Chuchiak IV, this collection of previously untranslated and unpublished documents from the Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain provides a clear understanding of how the Inquisition originated, evolved, and functioned in the colonial Spanish territories of Mexico and northern Central America. The three sections of documents lay out the laws and regulations of the Inquisition, follow examples of its day-to-day operations and procedures, and detail select trial proceedings. Chuchiak's opening chapter and brief section introductions provide the social, historical, political, and religious background necessary to comprehend the complex and generally misunderstood institutions of the Inquisition and the effect it has had on societal development in modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular.

More Wonders of the Invisible World, or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed. In Five Parts (Paperback): Robert Calef More Wonders of the Invisible World, or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed. In Five Parts (Paperback)
Robert Calef
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Grand Failure - How Christianity Became a Force For Evil in the World (Paperback): Leonard R. Phillips The Grand Failure - How Christianity Became a Force For Evil in the World (Paperback)
Leonard R. Phillips
R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India (Hardcover): Sarbeswar Sahoo Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India (Hardcover)
Sarbeswar Sahoo
R2,350 Discovery Miles 23 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book studies the politics of Pentecostal conversion and anti-Christian violence in India. It asks: why has India been experiencing increasing incidents of anti-Christian violence since the 1990s? Why are the Bhil Adivasis increasingly converting to Pentecostalism? And, what are the implications of conversion for religion within indigenous communities on the one hand and broader issues of secularism, religious freedom and democratic rights on the other? Drawing on extended ethnographic fieldwork amongst the Bhils of Northern India since 2006, this book asserts that ideological incompatibility and antagonism between Christian missionaries and Hindu nationalists provide only a partial explanation for anti-Christian violence in India. It unravels the complex interactions between different actors/ agents in the production of anti-Christian violence and provides detailed ethnographic narratives on Pentecostal conversion, Hindu nationalist politics and anti-Christian violence in the largest state of India that has hitherto been dominated by upper caste Rajput Hindu(tva) ideology.

GOD Is Perfectly Fair - A Watchman's Cry About Rainbow Marriages (Paperback, 5th Chipped Plate ed.): Royal T Berg GOD Is Perfectly Fair - A Watchman's Cry About Rainbow Marriages (Paperback, 5th Chipped Plate ed.)
Royal T Berg
R475 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Resolve Conflicts (Pamphlet): L. Ron Hubbard How to Resolve Conflicts (Pamphlet)
L. Ron Hubbard
R102 Discovery Miles 1 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It seems that people often have trouble getting along together. Families argue, neighbors come to blows, countries lob weapons at each other. Is this the way it has to be? Anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and others say it is. Having observed a long history of man's quarrelsome behavior, they claim that man has animal instincts, or that he is antisocial and violent by his very nature. In truth, man is rather peaceful. But he can be driven, individually and collectively, to hatred and violence. In researching the causes of violence, L. Ron Hubbard unearthed a fundamental and natural law of human relations which explains why conflicts between people are so often difficult to remedy. And he provided an immensely valuable tool that enables one to resolve any conflict, be it between neighbors, co-workers or even countries. In this chapter, you will discover how to help others resolve their differences and restore peaceable relations. Peace and harmony between men can be more than just a dream. Widespread application of this law will make it a reality.

The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism (Paperback): James R Lewis The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism (Paperback)
James R Lewis
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or, alternately, to political and economic factors, with religion more or less dismissed as a secondary factor. The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism examines this complex relationship between religion and terrorism phenomenon through a collection of essays freshly written for this volume. Bringing varying approaches to the topic, from the theoretical to the empirical, the Companion includes an array of subjects, such as radicalization, suicide bombing, and rational choice, as well as specific case studies. The result is a richly textured collection that prompts readers to critically consider the cluster of phenomena that we have come to refer to as 'terrorism,' and terrorism's relationship with the similarly problematic set of phenomena that we call 'religion.'

Islamophobia and the Law (Paperback): Cyra Akila Choudhury, Khaled A. Beydoun Islamophobia and the Law (Paperback)
Cyra Akila Choudhury, Khaled A. Beydoun
R1,017 Discovery Miles 10 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Islamophobia and the Law is a foundational volume of critical scholarship on the emerging form of bigotry widely known as Islamophobia. This book brings together leading legal scholars to explore the emergence and rise of Islamophobia after the 9/11 terror attacks, particularly how the law brings about state-sponsored Islamophobia and acts as a dynamic catalyst of private Islamophobia and vigilante violence against Muslims. The first book of its kind, it is a critical read for scholars and practitioners, advocates and students interested in deepening their knowledge of the subject matter. This collection addresses Islamophobia in race, immigration and citizenship, criminal law and national security, in the use of courts to advance anti-Muslim projects and in law and society.

The Lazarus Link - The Greatest Story Never Told (Paperback): David Ellsworth The Lazarus Link - The Greatest Story Never Told (Paperback)
David Ellsworth
R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Christ Is Not Religion (Paperback): Kurt Hamilton Christ Is Not Religion (Paperback)
Kurt Hamilton
R424 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence (Hardcover): A. Murphy The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence (Hardcover)
A. Murphy
R4,443 Discovery Miles 44 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. * This companion tackles one of the most important topics in the field of Religion in the twenty-first century, pulling together a unique collection of cutting-edge work * A focused collection of high-quality scholarship provides readers with a state-of-the-art account of the latest work in this field * The contributors are broad-ranging, international, and interdisciplinary, and include historians, political scientists, religious studies scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, theologians, scholars of women's and gender studies and communication

Friction - How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us, Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback, Revised and Expanded Edition): Clark... Friction - How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us, Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback, Revised and Expanded Edition)
Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko
R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization. In this ground-breaking and important book, Clark McCauley and Sophia Moskalenko identify and outline twelve mechanisms of political radicalization that can move individuals, groups, and the masses to increased sympathy and support for political violence. Co-authored by two psychologists both acknowledged in their field as experts in radicalization and consultants to the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, Friction draws on wide-ranging case histories to show striking parallels between 1800s anti-czarist terrorism, 1970s anti-war terrorism, and 21st century jihadist terrorism. Altogether, the twelve mechanisms of political radicalization demonstrate how unexceptional people are moved to exceptional violence in the conflict between states and non-state challengers. In this revised and expanded edition, McCauley and Moskalenko use the twelve mechanisms to analyze recent cases of lone-wolf terrorists and illustrate how individuals can become radicalized to jihadist violence with group influence or organizational support. Additionally, in the context of the Islamic State's worldwide efforts to radicalize moderate Muslims for jihad, they advance a model that differentiates radicalization in opinion from radicalization in action, and suggest different strategies for countering these diverse forms of radicalization. As a result, the authors conclude that the same mechanisms are at work in radicalizing both terrorists and states targeted by terrorists, implying that these conclusions are as relevant for policy-makers and security officers as they are for citizens facing the threat of terror today.

The Journey to the Mayflower - God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom (Hardcover): Stephen Tomkins The Journey to the Mayflower - God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom (Hardcover)
Stephen Tomkins
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Wonderfully learned, wonderfully written, a microscopic examination of the acorn from which a truly mighty oak would spring. I learnt a huge amount.' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower - the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It's a foundational event in American history, but it began as an English story, which pioneered the idea of religious freedom. The illegal underground movement of Protestant separatists from Elizabeth I's Church of England is a story of subterfuge and danger, arrests and interrogations, prison and executions. It starts with Queen Mary's attempts to burn Protestantism out of England, which created a Protestant underground. Later, when Elizabeth's Protestant reformation didn't go far enough, radicals recreated that underground, meeting illegally throughout England, facing prison and death for their crimes. They went into exile in the Netherlands, where they lived in poverty - and finally the New World. Stephen Tomkins tells this fascinating story - one that is rarely told as an important piece of English, as well as American, history - that is full of contemporary relevance: religious violence, the threat to national security, freedom of religion and tolerance of dangerous opinions. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the untold story of how the Mayflower came to be launched. 'A rattling good read' - The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu

The Institutional Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief (Paperback): Cometan The Institutional Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief (Paperback)
Cometan
R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Death Of Suicide! - Destroying the Spirit Of Suicide BEFORE It Destroys you! (Paperback): Mark B Rogers The Death Of Suicide! - Destroying the Spirit Of Suicide BEFORE It Destroys you! (Paperback)
Mark B Rogers
R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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