Search Results - "Secularity"

Corruption as a last resort : adapting to the market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Religion and politics in international relations : the modern myth / by Fitzgerald, Timothy, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Thomas, religion resurging, and international relations -- Elizabeth Shakman Hurd : the politics of secularism in international relations -- Where the author stands : a question of commitment.…”
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Corruption as a last resort : adapting to the market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Religion and politics in international relations : the modern myth / by Fitzgerald, Timothy, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Thomas, religion resurging, and international relations -- Elizabeth Shakman Hurd : the politics of secularism in international relations -- Where the author stands : a question of commitment.…”
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Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Religion and the new atheism a critical appraisal /

Table of Contents: “…/ Amarnath Amarasingam -- Judaism and atheism : the challenge of secular humanism / Robert L. Platzner -- Beating 'God' to death : radical theology and the new atheism / Jeffrey W. …”
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Religion and the new atheism a critical appraisal /

Table of Contents: “…/ Amarnath Amarasingam -- Judaism and atheism : the challenge of secular humanism / Robert L. Platzner -- Beating 'God' to death : radical theology and the new atheism / Jeffrey W. …”
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The birthday book by Censorinus

Table of Contents: “…-- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.…”
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Technicians of Human Dignity : Bodies, Souls, and the Making of Intrinsic Worth / by Bennett, Gaymon, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Human Dignity and the Vatican -- The Church, the Secular, and Pastoral Power -- The Ontology of Vocation: Gaudium et spes -- Human Dignity and the United Nations -- Incapacity by Design: Politics, Sovereignty, and Human Rights -- Dignity and Governance: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Diagnostic Excursus: Economies of Life and Power -- Human Dignity and the President's Council on Bioethics -- Bioethics and the Reconfiguration of Biopolitics -- The Biopolitical Pastoral: Beyond Therapy -- Methodological Epilogue: Toward an Anthropology of Figuration.…”
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The birthday book by Censorinus

Table of Contents: “…-- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.…”
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Technicians of Human Dignity : Bodies, Souls, and the Making of Intrinsic Worth / by Bennett, Gaymon, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Human Dignity and the Vatican -- The Church, the Secular, and Pastoral Power -- The Ontology of Vocation: Gaudium et spes -- Human Dignity and the United Nations -- Incapacity by Design: Politics, Sovereignty, and Human Rights -- Dignity and Governance: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Diagnostic Excursus: Economies of Life and Power -- Human Dignity and the President's Council on Bioethics -- Bioethics and the Reconfiguration of Biopolitics -- The Biopolitical Pastoral: Beyond Therapy -- Methodological Epilogue: Toward an Anthropology of Figuration.…”
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Inside Islam by Delcambre, Anne-Marie, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…-- Islam and the West? -- Islam and secularism? -- Islam and democracy? -- Islam against Islamic fundamentalism? …”
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Faith in schools? autonomy, citizenship, and religious education in the liberal state / by MacMullen, Ian, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Civic education and religious schools: The civic case against religious schools -- Civic education and the autonomy problem in political liberalism -- Autonomy as a public value: Autonomy, identity and choice -- The value of autonomy in a pluralist world -- Autonomy as a goal of education policy: objections and responses -- Religious schools and education for autonomy: Secular public schools: critiques and responses -- Religious secondary schools as threat to autonomy? …”
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Shaking the world for Jesus media and conservative evangelical culture / by Hendershot, Heather

Table of Contents: “…: Christian music and the secular marketplace -- Virgins for Jesus : the gender politics of therapeutic Christian media -- Holiness codes and holy homosexuals : interpreting gay and lesbian Christian subculture -- Putting God under the microscope : the Moody Institute of Science's cinema of devotion -- Praying for the end of the world : the past, present, and future of Christian apocalyptic media.…”
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The origins of Christian democracy politics and confession in modern Germany / by Mitchell, Maria D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Confessional conflict in German history -- Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy -- Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy -- Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology -- Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU -- Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy -- The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy -- Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic -- Conclusion.…”
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Shaking the world for Jesus media and conservative evangelical culture / by Hendershot, Heather

Table of Contents: “…: Christian music and the secular marketplace -- Virgins for Jesus : the gender politics of therapeutic Christian media -- Holiness codes and holy homosexuals : interpreting gay and lesbian Christian subculture -- Putting God under the microscope : the Moody Institute of Science's cinema of devotion -- Praying for the end of the world : the past, present, and future of Christian apocalyptic media.…”
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The origins of Christian democracy politics and confession in modern Germany / by Mitchell, Maria D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Confessional conflict in German history -- Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy -- Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy -- Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology -- Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU -- Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy -- The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy -- Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic -- Conclusion.…”
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Inside Islam by Delcambre, Anne-Marie, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…-- Islam and the West? -- Islam and secularism? -- Islam and democracy? -- Islam against Islamic fundamentalism? …”
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Faith in schools? autonomy, citizenship, and religious education in the liberal state / by MacMullen, Ian, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Civic education and religious schools: The civic case against religious schools -- Civic education and the autonomy problem in political liberalism -- Autonomy as a public value: Autonomy, identity and choice -- The value of autonomy in a pluralist world -- Autonomy as a goal of education policy: objections and responses -- Religious schools and education for autonomy: Secular public schools: critiques and responses -- Religious secondary schools as threat to autonomy? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view