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Unaffected by the Gospel Osage resistance to the Christian invasion (1673-1906) : a cultural victory /
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…The Osage : unaffected by the Gospel -- Osage hegemony on the prairie-plains -- The Protestants prepare for the Osage -- The Protestants arrive, 1821 -- Peaceful resistance and the co-option of the Protestants, 1821-1839 -- Spiritual victories, secular compromises, 1838-1859 -- The Catholics return, 1820-1870 -- Resisting the Catholics -- Ga-ni-tha, "move to a new country" -- Epilogue.…”
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Aquinas's notion of pure nature and the Christian integralism of Henri de Lubac not everything is grace /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…Pure nature and the challenge of integralism -- Nature and secularity in pre-Thomistic theology -- Thomas Aquinas on mortality, infused virtues, and limbo -- Thomas Aquinas on kingship, natural law, and the sciences -- Pure nature, integralism, and Jansenism -- Henri de Lubac and pure nature in the 20th century -- De Lubac's heirs: radical orthodoxy -- Toward a resolution.…”
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When colleges sang the story of singing in American college life /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…College singing amid the Puritan culture, 1636-1700 -- Sacred and secular college singing, 1700-1800 -- Singing in student organizations, 1800-1850 -- The first college songbooks, 1850-1890 -- College singing at the turn of the century, 1890-1910 -- Warring, roaring, and scoring, 1910-1930 -- Sounds of college life, 1930-1950 -- Singing traditions, 1950-present.…”
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Republican treason Republican fascism exposed /
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…The Conservative belief system -- Democracy -- Secularism and relativism -- Christian and capitalist exceptionalism -- Social Darwinism -- pt. 4. …”
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European others queering ethnicity in postnational Europe /
Published 2011Table 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 /
Published 2004Table 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 /
Published 2005Table 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 /
Published 2005Table 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 /
Published 2008Table 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 /
Published 2005Table 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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Punishment and political order
Published 2007Table 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 /
Published 2008Table 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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George Eliot's Religious Imagination : A Theopoetics of Evolution /
Published 2018Table 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 /
Published 2007Table 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 /
Published 2016Table 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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Corruption as a last resort : adapting to the market in Central Asia /
Published 2014Table 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 /
Published 2014Table 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 /
Published 2010Table 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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Inspiring faith in schools studies in religious education /
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Secularism, schools and religious education / by Brenda Watson -- Understanding, belief and truth / by Joe Houston -- Confession and reason / by Ieuan Lloyd -- Religious education and committed openness / by Elmer Thiessen -- Religious education in Australia and New Zealand / by Grant Maple -- Religious education from Spens to Swann / by Penny Thompson -- Religious education and the misrepresentation of religion / by Philip Barnes -- Religious education, atheism and deception / by Marius Felderhof -- Can 'skills' help religious education? …”
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The birthday book
Published 2007Table 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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