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The promise of liberty a non-utopian vision / by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Why moral judgments can be objective -- Theorists versus their theories : the case of agent causation -- Ethics and its controversial assumptions -- Individualism and human success -- Virtue, liberty, and private property : aspects of humanist political economy -- Economic analysis and the pursuit of liberty -- Human rights and poverty -- Rights, values, regulation, and health care -- The morality of smoking -- Philosophy, physics, and common sense -- The calculation problem and the tragedy of the commons -- Government budget crises -- Some reflections on the right to private property -- Revisiting a critique of libertarianism -- Leo Strauss, neo-conservative? …”
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The uncollected Baudrillard by Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007

Table of Contents: “…The Poetry of Theory -- Stucco Angel -- Part IV. Political Bankruptcy on the Left and Right -- The Divine Left -- Dropping Out of History: Interview with Sylvere Lotringer -- Our Theatre of Cruelty -- Part V. …”
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Hellenic philosophy origin and character / by Evangeliou, Christos

Table of Contents: “…Porphyry the Platonist -- Platonism in the Italian Renaissance -- Adventures of Platonic philosophy -- Aristotle and western rationality -- The scope of this study -- Aristotles move from logos to nous -- Aristotle on divine and human beings -- Distinguishing between ontology and ousiology -- Perfecting the Aristotelian political animal -- Possible post-modern objections to Aristotle -- Critique and character of Hellenic philosophy -- Aristotles critique of Plato's polity -- The nature of the problem -- Community of women and children -- Community of property -- Pletho's critique of Aristotelian novelties -- Innovations in theology and ontology -- The Aristotelian homonymy of being -- Innovations in psychology, ethics and cosmology -- Critique of Aristotle's theories of art and cause -- Critique of Aristotle's critique of the theory of ideas -- The character of Hellenic philosophy -- The ambiguity of the appellation "western" -- Hellenic philosophy delineated -- Hellenic philosophy and "European philosophy."…”
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Defenders and critics of Franciscan life essays in honor of John V. Fleming /

Table of Contents: “…Courtenay -- Using, not owning duties, not rights : the consequences of some Franciscan perspectives on politics / Janet Coleman -- Langland and the Franciscans on dominium / Lawrence M. …”
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Criticism of religion on Marxism and theology, II / by Boer, Roland, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…-- By way of conclusion : Marxism as a secular and anti-secular project -- The stumbling block of Fredric Jameson -- Supersession versus a dialectic of ideology and utopia -- Sidestepping religion -- Magic and fantasy -- Feuerbach versus Marx -- The politics of fantasy -- Apocalyptic -- By way of conclusion : towards a dialectic of religion -- The Christian communism of Rosa Luxemburg -- Tactics -- A reformer's zeal -- Betraying the spirit -- A little church history -- Anti-clericalism -- Christian communism -- Consumption versus production -- Completing Cristian communism -- Freedom of conscience -- The enticements of Karl Kautsky -- Text, history, context -- The slipperiness of sacred texts -- The Bible as a cultural product -- Reconstructing economic history -- Differentiation and slaves -- Slaves and other modes of production -- The sacred economy : prolegomena to a reconstruction -- Transitions -- Christian communism -- The forgetfulness of Julia Kristeva -- Flushing out Marx -- Monocausality, or, the taboo of the mother -- The apostle, both ways -- Other-than-human love -- Crucifying the pathologies -- Collectives -- The fables of Alain Badiou -- Banishing the one -- Theology and the event -- A generic procedure of religion? …”
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Japanese and Continental philosophy conversations with the Kyoto School /

Table of Contents: “…Altizer -- pt. 4. Ethics and politics: Other-power and absolute passivity in Tanabe and Levinas / Brian Schroeder ; Beyond the binary : Watsuji Testuro and Luce Irigaray on body, self, and ethics / Erin McCarthy ; Overcoming modernity : a critical response to the Kyoto School / Bernard Stevens ; Heidegger and Japanese fascism : an unsubstantiated connection / Graham Parkes -- pt. 5. …”
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Ignatius and Concord the background and use of the language of Concord in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch / by Lotz, John-Paul

Table of Contents: “…From the past to the present : the enigma of Ignatius -- Review of the ignatian problem -- Recent critiques : Hübner and Lechner -- Homonoia and the Flavians -- Overview and method -- Homonoia and Concordia : from its origins to the principate -- Origins of Homonoia -- Homonoia and hellenism -- Concordia in Rome to the end of the republic -- Concordia and Homonoia the principate -- Conflict and Concord : succeeding the reigns of Nero and Domitian -- Imperial power and provincial Concord : the imperial cult and the Homonoia-coins of the Greek East -- The imperial cult and Homonoia in the Greek East -- Coins and conflict : the imperial cult and Homonoia-coins -- Images and metaphors of the imperial cult in Ignatius -- Ignatius and the Homonoia-coins : ign. magn. 5-6 -- The literary context of Homonia in the second sophistic and related literature -- The second sophistic and Homonoia : the golden past of a silver present -- Dio chrysostom and the politics of Homonoia -- Aelius Aristides and the discord of the cities -- Ignatian Homonoia and imperial power -- Homonoia in the literature of early Judaism : Philo, Josephus and 4 Maccabees -- The use of Homonoia by Philo of Alexandria -- Josephus, the Flavians, and Homonoia -- Homonoia and 4 Maccabees -- Ignatius letters and 4 Maccabees -- Homonoia in early Christian literature : Paul and 1 Clement -- Deliberative rhetoric and the Concord-speech in antiquity -- Corinthians 1:4 : deliberative rhetoric urging Concord -- The Concord-speech and 1 Corinthians -- Homonoia and 1 Clement -- Clement's uses of Homonoia -- Ignatius' Epistle to the Philadelphians : a deliberative letter urging Concord -- Homonoia in Ignatius of Antioch and his theological and historical contexts -- Homonoia in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch -- Ignatius' Epistle to the Ephesians -- Ignatius' Epistle to the Magnesians -- Ignatius' Epistle to the Trallians -- Ignatius' Epistle to the Philadelphians -- Ignatius and the unity of God -- Ignatius and the 'peace' in Syria.…”
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The post-black and post-white church becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world / by Smith, Efrem (Efrem D.), 1969-

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Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution / by Caudill, Edward

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Seeing things their way intellectual history and the return of religion /

Table of Contents: “…Gregory -- Quentin Skinner and the religious dimension of early modern political thought / John Coffey -- "Sie stinken beide," or how to use medieval Christian-Jewish disputational material / Anna Sapir Abulafia -- Anti-semitism, philo-semitism, apocalypticism, and millenarianism in early modern Europe : a case study and some methodological reflections / Howard Hotson -- Reflections on persistent Whiggism and its antidotes in the study of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century intellectual history / Richard A. …”
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Civil society in Malerkotla, Punjab fostering resilience through religion / by Randhawa, Karenjot Bhangoo, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Identifying peacebuilding at work: notes on methodology -- The need for Sikh-Muslim analysis -- Methodological challenges -- Outline of the book -- Evolution of theories: conflict and peace -- Religion and conflict -- Peacebuilding at the state and community level -- Civil society -- The role of religion -- Group identity and space sharing -- Narratives in religious communities -- Rationale for case study in an ethnographic tradition -- Researchable questions -- Content analysis -- Ethnographic methods -- In-depth interviewing -- Sikhism and Islam: a historical look at religious constructions of peace and conflict -- Tensions in history: Sikhs and Muslims -- Islam and nonviolence in the Punjab -- Partition -- Partition's effect on Malerkotla -- Perspectives from Malerkotla -- Religion and history -- Religious historical narratives -- Understanding others religious teachings and practices -- Religious exchange -- Ideas of peace and conflict informed by sacred text/teachings/similarity in content -- Conflict incidences -- Engagement in peacebuilding activities -- Analysis of findings -- Civil society linkages -- Negotiating the collective memory: narratives of past and present -- Inclusive political processes -- Economic life and interreligious relations -- Society -- Education -- Social relations -- Conflict resolution systems -- Media -- Conclusion.…”
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Investigations Into the Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Work of Art What are Artworks and How Do We Experience Them? /

Table of Contents: “…Bundgaard -- Depiction; John Hyman -- Green war banners in central Copenhagen: A recent political struggle over interpretation — and some implications for art interpretation as such; Frederik Stjernfelt -- The appropriation of the work of art as a semiotic act; Francis Édeline and Jean-Marie Klinkenberg -- Sculpture, diagram, and language in the artwork of Joseph Beuys; Wolfgang Wildgen. …”
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Social justice and Islamic economics : theory, issues and practice /

Table of Contents: “…The "invisible hand" of khilafah: real contractual freedom, social justice and open issues of political economy…”
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Polarisation, arrogance, and dogmatism : philosophical perspectives /

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Developments : child, image, nation / by Burman, Erica

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Militant Islamist ideology understanding the global threat / by Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.

Table of Contents: “…-- The term jihad : various interpretations -- Muhammad and the succession crisis -- Islamic government : a highly debatable concept among Muslims -- The 1925 caliphate debates -- Countering militant Islamist rhetoric using Islam -- Marginalizing al-Qaida : utilizing al-Qaida rhetoric and actions -- Ibn Taymiyyah : unlocking the origins of current militant Islamist ideology (1263-1327) -- Ibn Abdul-Wahhab (1703-1792) : the founder of Wahhabism -- Hassan al-Banna and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood : the first Islamist political party -- Sayyid Qutb : twentieth-century theoretician of militant Islamist ideology (1906-1966) -- Inside the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-1989) : a militant Islamist perspective -- Usama bin Laden : a quick exposé -- A basic analytic primer on Shiism -- Other major figures in the militant Islamist movement -- Al-Qaida's wedge issues for the United States to consider -- Mindsets that hamper America's capabilities -- Conclusion and further reading.…”
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Engaging the spirit world popular beliefs and practices in modern southeast Asia /

Table of Contents: “…: rethinking the four palaces' spirit representations in the context of social and political changes in northern Vietnam / Claire Chauvet -- Gods, gifts, markets, and superstition : spirited consumption from Korea to Vietnam / Laurel Kendall -- Contests of commemoration : virgin war martyrs, state memorials, and the invocation of the spirit world in contemporary Vietnam / Kirsten W. …”
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European Pentecostalism

Table of Contents: “…Scandinavian Pentecostalism / Jan-Ake Alvarsson -- The development of British Pentecostalism / Neil Hudson -- The development of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in the Germanic countries / Carl Simpson -- Pentecostalism in the Dutch speaking countries / Cornelis van der Laan -- The development of Penecostalism in Francophone Europe / Raymond Pfister -- The development of the Pentecostal movement in Iberia (Spain & Portugal) / Manuel Martin-Arroyo -- The development of Pentecostalism in Italy / Carmine Napolitano -- South-eastern European nations : Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia / Driton Krasniqi -- Central European Pentecostalism : Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic & Slovakia / Tim Case, Mark Kaminski (Poland), Cipiran Balaban (Romania), Daniela Augistina (Bulgaria), Czaba Tenkely (Hungary), Jozef Brenkus (Czech Republic & Slovakia) -- The Pentecostal movement in Russia and Ukraine / Pavel Mozer and Oleg Bornovolokov -- Pentecostal theology and Protestant Europe / Jean-Daniel Pluss -- Pentecostal theology and Catholic Europe / William K Kay, with Kees Slijkerman, Raymond Pfister and Cees van der Laan -- Pentecostal theology and Communist Europe : Pentecostal power under political pressure / Peter Kuzmic - The future(s) of Pentecostalism in Europe / Raymond Pfister -- A sociological perspective on Pentecostalism / William K. …”
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Joseph de Maistre's life, thought and influence selected studies /

Table of Contents: “…Maistre's theory of sacrifice / Owen Bradley ; Joseph de Maistre economicst / Jean Denizet ; Joseph de Maistre's theory of language : language and revolution / Benjamin Thurston ; Joseph de Maistre, new mentor of the prince : unveiling the mysteries of political science / Jean-Louis Darcel ; Joseph de Maistre's Catholic philosophy of authority / Jean-Yves Pranchère -- Comparative studies. …”
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Philosophers of the Renaissance /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: philosophy in the Renaissance / Paul Richard Blum -- Ramon Lull (1232-1316) : the activity of God and the hominization of the world / Charles Lohr -- George Gemistos Plethon (ca. 1360-1454), George of Trebizond (1396-1472), and Cardinal Bessarion (1403-1472) : the controversy between Platonists and Aristotelians in the fifteenth century / Peter Schulz -- Lorenzo Valla (1406/7-1457) : humanism as philosophy / Paul Richard Blum -- Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) : squaring the circle : politics, piety, and rationality / Detlef Thiel -- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) : philosophy of private and public life and of art / Michaela Boenke -- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) : the synthetic reconciliation of all philosophies / Stephane Toussaint -- Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) : the aesthetic of the one in the soul / Tamara Albertini -- Pietro Pomponazzi (1462-1525) : secular aristotelianism in the Renaissance / Jill Kraye -- Niccoli Macchiavelli (1469-1527) : a good state for bad people / Heinrich C. …”
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