Search Results - "Secularity"

Jews in New Mexico since World War II by Tobias, Henry Jack

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- Population growth, 1940-2000 -- Social and economic change -- The growth of secular organizations -- Congregational growth and religious change -- Interfaith activity -- Issues -- The Jewish presence.…”
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Jews in New Mexico since World War II by Tobias, Henry Jack

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- Population growth, 1940-2000 -- Social and economic change -- The growth of secular organizations -- Congregational growth and religious change -- Interfaith activity -- Issues -- The Jewish presence.…”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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Bugs and the Victorians by Clark, J. F. M. (John F. M.), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The politics of insects -- Struggle for the minds of insects -- Bees and ants -- Social insects and secular science -- Darwin and the entomologists -- The Colorado beetle -- A female entomologist -- Insects and empire -- House flies -- Conclusion.…”
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Bugs and the Victorians by Clark, J. F. M. (John F. M.), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The politics of insects -- Struggle for the minds of insects -- Bees and ants -- Social insects and secular science -- Darwin and the entomologists -- The Colorado beetle -- A female entomologist -- Insects and empire -- House flies -- Conclusion.…”
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Tillich and the new religious paradigm by Vahanian, Gabriel, 1927-2012

Table of Contents: “…From Tillich to Tillich -- A quest for the new religious paradigm -- The secular : from the sacred to the holy -- Utopia and the sacred : religion east and west -- Kairos and utopia -- Word and sacrament -- Jesus and the Christ -- Dogma into poetry.…”
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Tillich and the new religious paradigm by Vahanian, Gabriel, 1927-2012

Table of Contents: “…From Tillich to Tillich -- A quest for the new religious paradigm -- The secular : from the sacred to the holy -- Utopia and the sacred : religion east and west -- Kairos and utopia -- Word and sacrament -- Jesus and the Christ -- Dogma into poetry.…”
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Fever reading affect and reading badly in the early American public sphere / by Millner, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The senses of reading -- Good and bad reading in the early United States -- Obscene reading : the senses of reading badly -- Scandalous reading : the intrigues of the new public sensorium -- Prayerful reading : religious affect and the secular public sphere.…”
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Fever reading affect and reading badly in the early American public sphere / by Millner, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The senses of reading -- Good and bad reading in the early United States -- Obscene reading : the senses of reading badly -- Scandalous reading : the intrigues of the new public sensorium -- Prayerful reading : religious affect and the secular public sphere.…”
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India since 1980 by Ganguly, Sumit

Table of Contents: “…Political mobilization in India -- 5. Indian secularism since 1980 -- 5. India's trajectory : promises and challenges.…”
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The Sage in Harlem : H. L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s / by Scruggs, Charles

Table of Contents: “…-- Mencken and "the colored brother" -- The age of satire: the teacher and his pupils -- The dream of the secular city: Mencken, Locke, and the "little American renaissance" -- Et tu Mencken? …”
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India since 1980 by Ganguly, Sumit

Table of Contents: “…Political mobilization in India -- 5. Indian secularism since 1980 -- 5. India's trajectory : promises and challenges.…”
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The Sage in Harlem : H. L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s / by Scruggs, Charles

Table of Contents: “…-- Mencken and "the colored brother" -- The age of satire: the teacher and his pupils -- The dream of the secular city: Mencken, Locke, and the "little American renaissance" -- Et tu Mencken? …”
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The rise of Mormonism by Stark, Rodney

Table of Contents: “…Extracting social scientific models from Mormon history -- Joseph Smith among the revelators -- Mormon networks of faith -- Rationality and Mormon sacrifice -- Modernization, secularization, and Mormon growth -- The basis of Mormon success -- The rise of a New World faith.…”
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The ideal refugees : gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi politics of survival / by Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the "ideal" refugees -- Engendering the colonial encounter -- The Sahrawi refugee camps : international and solidarity networks -- Emerging discourse : concealing Islam -- Secular sisters, Muslim others, and the politics of survival -- Discursive silences, "ideal women", and directing aid -- Conclusion.…”
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The ideal refugees : gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi politics of survival / by Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the "ideal" refugees -- Engendering the colonial encounter -- The Sahrawi refugee camps : international and solidarity networks -- Emerging discourse : concealing Islam -- Secular sisters, Muslim others, and the politics of survival -- Discursive silences, "ideal women", and directing aid -- Conclusion.…”
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The rise of Mormonism by Stark, Rodney

Table of Contents: “…Extracting social scientific models from Mormon history -- Joseph Smith among the revelators -- Mormon networks of faith -- Rationality and Mormon sacrifice -- Modernization, secularization, and Mormon growth -- The basis of Mormon success -- The rise of a New World faith.…”
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Reconsidering No man knows my history Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in retrospect /

Table of Contents: “…Bringhurst -- Applause, attack, and ambivalence : varied responses to No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst -- Secular or sectarian history? : a critique of No man knows my history / Marvin S. …”
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Reconsidering No man knows my history Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in retrospect /

Table of Contents: “…Bringhurst -- Applause, attack, and ambivalence : varied responses to No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst -- Secular or sectarian history? : a critique of No man knows my history / Marvin S. …”
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