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European others queering ethnicity in postnational Europe / by El-Tayeb, Fatima

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: theorizing urban minority communities in postnational Europe -- "Stranger in my own country" : European identities, migration, and diasporic soundscapes -- Dimensions of diaspora : women of color feminism, black Europe, and queer memory discourses -- Secular submissions : Muslim Europeans, female bodies, and performative politics -- "Because it is our stepfatherland" : queering European public spaces -- Conclusion: "an infinite and undefinable movement".…”
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The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / by Aghaie, Kamran Scot

Table of Contents: “…A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram -- The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925) -- Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study -- The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979) -- Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period -- Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs" -- Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender -- The Islamic republic.…”
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The rise of modern Yiddish culture / by Fishman, David E., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview -- The politics of Yiddish -- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905 -- The Bund's contribution -- Reinventing community -- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture -- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists -- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary -- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO -- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna.…”
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The rise of modern Yiddish culture / by Fishman, David E., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview -- The politics of Yiddish -- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905 -- The Bund's contribution -- Reinventing community -- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture -- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists -- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary -- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO -- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna.…”
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Law and religion in theoretical and historical context /

Table of Contents: “…/ Ruth Gavison and Nahshon Perez -- Australian legal procedures and the protection of secret aboriginal spiritual beliefs : a fundamental conflict / Ernst Willheim -- Secular and religious conscientious exemptions : between tolerance and equality / Yossi Nehushtan -- Law's sacred and secular subjects / Ngaire Naffine -- Freedom of religion and the European Convention on Human Rights : approaches, trends, and tensions / Malcolm D. …”
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The making of saints contesting sacred ground /

Table of Contents: “…Saints and near-saints in transition : the sacred, the secular, and the popular / June Macklin -- The making of saints and the vicissitudes of charisma in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Presence of the king : the vitality of the image of King Chulalongkorn for modern urban Thailand / Irene Stengs -- Evita : a case of political canonization / Roberto Bosca -- Desperately seeking something : Che Guevara as secular saint / Phyllis Passariello -- Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora, and early Chicana? …”
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The making of saints contesting sacred ground /

Table of Contents: “…Saints and near-saints in transition : the sacred, the secular, and the popular / June Macklin -- The making of saints and the vicissitudes of charisma in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Presence of the king : the vitality of the image of King Chulalongkorn for modern urban Thailand / Irene Stengs -- Evita : a case of political canonization / Roberto Bosca -- Desperately seeking something : Che Guevara as secular saint / Phyllis Passariello -- Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora, and early Chicana? …”
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Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism : Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East /

Table of Contents: “…Post secularism, post-Islamism and Islam in the public sphere / Ihsan Yılmaz ; The Arab revolutions and Islamic civil society / Emilio Giuseppe Platti ; The Muslim Brotherhood and the democratic experience in Egypt / Roel Meijer -- Contemporary Islamic social activism. …”
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Law and religion in theoretical and historical context /

Table of Contents: “…/ Ruth Gavison and Nahshon Perez -- Australian legal procedures and the protection of secret aboriginal spiritual beliefs : a fundamental conflict / Ernst Willheim -- Secular and religious conscientious exemptions : between tolerance and equality / Yossi Nehushtan -- Law's sacred and secular subjects / Ngaire Naffine -- Freedom of religion and the European Convention on Human Rights : approaches, trends, and tensions / Malcolm D. …”
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Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism : Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East /

Table of Contents: “…Post secularism, post-Islamism and Islam in the public sphere / Ihsan Yılmaz ; The Arab revolutions and Islamic civil society / Emilio Giuseppe Platti ; The Muslim Brotherhood and the democratic experience in Egypt / Roel Meijer -- Contemporary Islamic social activism. …”
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Punishment and political order by McBride, Keally D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Strange brew - punishment and political ideals -- The whip of utopia : on punishment and political vision -- "Man's life is but a prison" : human reason, secular political order, and the punishments of God -- Earthly divinity : punishment and the requirements of sovereignty -- Severing the sanguinary empire : punishment and early American democratic idealism -- Punishment in liberal regimes -- Hitched to the post : prison labor, choice, and citizenship -- Punishment and the spiral of disorder.…”
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Sacred mission, worldly ambition Black Christian nationalism in the age of Jim Crow / by Oltman, Adele, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Mapping Black Savannah : nation and religion -- Holding the line for the Word : Black evangelicals below the Mason-Dixon -- "Even if He is a woman" : Savannah's talented tenth and Black suffrage -- "Have hardly had straw" : Black Christian nation building and White Christian philanthropy -- "Peace and harmony of the church" : the secularization of Black Savannah -- Epilogue: From Black Christian nationalism to civil rights.…”
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Punishment and political order by McBride, Keally D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Strange brew - punishment and political ideals -- The whip of utopia : on punishment and political vision -- "Man's life is but a prison" : human reason, secular political order, and the punishments of God -- Earthly divinity : punishment and the requirements of sovereignty -- Severing the sanguinary empire : punishment and early American democratic idealism -- Punishment in liberal regimes -- Hitched to the post : prison labor, choice, and citizenship -- Punishment and the spiral of disorder.…”
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Sacred mission, worldly ambition Black Christian nationalism in the age of Jim Crow / by Oltman, Adele, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Mapping Black Savannah : nation and religion -- Holding the line for the Word : Black evangelicals below the Mason-Dixon -- "Even if He is a woman" : Savannah's talented tenth and Black suffrage -- "Have hardly had straw" : Black Christian nation building and White Christian philanthropy -- "Peace and harmony of the church" : the secularization of Black Savannah -- Epilogue: From Black Christian nationalism to civil rights.…”
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Punishment and Political Order / by McBride, Keally D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Strange brew - punishment and political ideals -- The whip of utopia : on punishment and political vision -- "Man's life is but a prison" : human reason, secular political order, and the punishments of God -- Earthly divinity : punishment and the requirements of sovereignty -- Severing the sanguinary empire : punishment and early American democratic idealism -- Punishment in liberal regimes -- Hitched to the post : prison labor, choice, and citizenship -- Punishment and the spiral of disorder.…”
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George Eliot's Religious Imagination : A Theopoetics of Evolution / by Orr, Marilyn, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Incarnation and inwardness : George Eliot's early works in the context of contemporary religious debates -- "Even our failures are a prophecy" : toward a post-evangelical aesthetic -- Religion in a secular world : Middlemarch and the mysticism of the everyday -- "The religion of the future" : Daniel Deronda and the mystical imagination -- Evolutionary spirituality and the theopoetical imagination : George Eliot and Teilhard de Chardin -- Conclusion: The Word continuously incarnated.…”
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George Eliot's Religious Imagination : A Theopoetics of Evolution / by Orr, Marilyn, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Incarnation and inwardness : George Eliot's early works in the context of contemporary religious debates -- "Even our failures are a prophecy" : toward a post-evangelical aesthetic -- Religion in a secular world : Middlemarch and the mysticism of the everyday -- "The religion of the future" : Daniel Deronda and the mystical imagination -- Evolutionary spirituality and the theopoetical imagination : George Eliot and Teilhard de Chardin -- Conclusion: The Word continuously incarnated.…”
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Punishment and Political Order / by McBride, Keally D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Strange brew - punishment and political ideals -- The whip of utopia : on punishment and political vision -- "Man's life is but a prison" : human reason, secular political order, and the punishments of God -- Earthly divinity : punishment and the requirements of sovereignty -- Severing the sanguinary empire : punishment and early American democratic idealism -- Punishment in liberal regimes -- Hitched to the post : prison labor, choice, and citizenship -- Punishment and the spiral of disorder.…”
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Animal Rights Activism : A Moral-Sociological Perspective on Social Movements / by Jacobsson, Kerstin, Lindblom, Jonas

Table of Contents: “…Morality and Emotions in Social MovementsTypes of Emotion Work in Animal Rights Activism; Containing; Ventilation; Ritualization; Micro-shocking; Normalization of Guilt; Conclusion; 4. Secular Religion; A Neo-Durkheimian Perspective on Secular Religion; Our Perspective in Relation to Previous Research; Elements of Secular Religion in Animal Rights Activism; Experiences of Awakening and Conversion; Dedication and Commitment; A Meaning in Suffering and Guilt; The Moral Community and the Surrounding World; Protection of the Sacred; Rituals; Conclusion; 5. …”
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Animal Rights Activism : A Moral-Sociological Perspective on Social Movements / by Jacobsson, Kerstin, Lindblom, Jonas

Table of Contents: “…Morality and Emotions in Social MovementsTypes of Emotion Work in Animal Rights Activism; Containing; Ventilation; Ritualization; Micro-shocking; Normalization of Guilt; Conclusion; 4. Secular Religion; A Neo-Durkheimian Perspective on Secular Religion; Our Perspective in Relation to Previous Research; Elements of Secular Religion in Animal Rights Activism; Experiences of Awakening and Conversion; Dedication and Commitment; A Meaning in Suffering and Guilt; The Moral Community and the Surrounding World; Protection of the Sacred; Rituals; Conclusion; 5. …”
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