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Exploring the manifold relationships between religion and public
administration, this topical book conceptualises and theorises the
diverse influence of religions on the functioning of public
administrative systems across the globe. International and
comparative in approach, this book analyses the social and public
dimensions to religion and its interplay with public administration
as a field of social scientific inquiry and an area of professional
activity. Taking methodological agnosticism as its sociological
perspective to the study of the religious experience, chapters
focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam to examine diverse religious compositions
across both secularised and non-secularised societies and political
regimes. The book uses a distinctive theoretical lens to analyse
the influence of religions on organisational fit, public service
motivation, individual and organisational behaviours and values,
bureaucratic discretion, government funding, the delivery of public
services, and the dynamics of social cohesion overall. It provides
a fresh perspective on religion as a source of legitimacy and basis
of accountability, responsibility, and delegation of power in
public administration, institutional quality, and ethics. Students
and scholars interested in the religious dimensions to public
administration, policy, governance and management will find use in
this book’s theoretical analyses. Its empirical findings will
also be valuable to policymakers working in public administration
and leaders of faith organisations engaged in public services.
The Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion
"Muhammad" presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a
religion that continues to change the course of world history.
Muhammad's story is more relevant than ever because it offers
crucial insight into the true origins of an increasingly
radicalized Islam. Countering those who dismiss Islam as fanatical
and violent, Armstrong offers a clear, accessible, and balanced
portrait of the central figure of one of the world's great
religions.
This A-Z of the Christian faith is written for beginners of all
ages. It suitable for anyone aged 9 - 90. It introduces the key
words and concepts of the Christian faith and tells the story of
how God's heart's is open to everyone through the life, death and
resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ.
Die gevangene in die derde sel is 'n boek vir almal wat omstandighede ervaar wat hulle nie verstaan nie. Dit is die dramatiese verhaal van Johannes die Doper wat in die gevangenis worstel om 'n Here wat nie aan sy verwagtings voldoen het nie, te verstaan.
"One of the 100 best books of the year." --"The Times Literary
Supplement"
Five hundred years after he set sail, Columbus is still a
controversial figure in history. Debates portray him either as the
hero in the great drama of discovery or as an avaricious glory
hunter and ruthless destroyer of indigenous cultures. In "Columbus
and the Quest for Jerusalem," Carol Delaney offers a radically new
interpretation of the man and his mission, claiming that the true
motivation for his voyages is still widely unknown.
Delaney argues that Columbus was inspired to find a western route
to the Orient "not only "to obtain vast sums of gold for the
Spanish Crown "but primarily "to fund a new crusade to take
Jerusalem from the Muslims before the end of the world--a goal that
sustained him until the day he died. Drawing from oft-ignored
sources, some from Columbus's own hand, Delaney depicts her subject
as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his
men encountered, and tells the tragic story of how his initial
attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly
sour. Showing Columbus in the context of his times rather than
through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests
reveals a man who was neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic
adventurer, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.
"Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem "is not an apologist's take,
but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the
man and his legacy.
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