Scholastics and Neo-Scholastics -- Sources and Authorities for Moral Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance: Thomas Aquinas and Jean Buridan on Aristotle’s Ethics -- Action, Will and Law in Late Scholasticism -- Michael Baius (1513-89) and the Debate on ‘Pure Nature’: Grace and Moral Agency in Sixteenth-Century Scholasticism -- On the Anatomy of Probabilism -- Casuistry and the Early Moder…
Printed and Electronic Reference Resources -- Sikh Gurus -- Sikh Scriptures & Gurbani -- Bhagats and Saints -- Sikh Philosophy -- Sikh History -- Sikh Politics -- Sikh Leaders -- Sikh Art & Architecture -- Sikh Coins (Numismatics) -- Sikh Culture & Traditions -- Sikhs as Khalsa -- Sikh Code of Conduct, Institutions & Ceremonies -- Sikh Symbols & Identity -- Sikh Education & Research -- Sikh Sch…
Lawmaking and Interpretation in The Age of Biotechnology -- Religion: Medico-Legal Norms or Constructs -- Procreational Autonomy or Theological Restraints -- Freedom of Scientific Investigation -- Genetic Enhancement -- A Compassionate Death.Religion is a dominant force in the lives of many Americans. It animates, challenges, directs and shapes, as well, the legal, political, and scientific age…
POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY IN VAUD -- ZWINGLIANISM AND LUTHERANISM IN BERN -- THE CLASH OF THE OLD AND NEW FAITHS -- FROM SACRAMENTARIANS TO CALVINISTS -- FROM POLITICAL CALVINISM TO THE REFORMATION OF THE REFUGEES -- FROM THE PAYS DE VAUD TO FRANCE -- CONCLUSION.Calvinism's First Battleground sheds new light on the origin of Calvinism and the Reformed faith through a detailed examination of the Re…
1 Introduction -- PART I. Theoretical and methodological background -- 2 State of research on devotional fitness -- 3 Goal, theory, and method -- PART II. Body and religion in twentieth century America -- 4 From New Thought to Bod4God -- PART III. Analysis of empirical data: products, narratives, and theologies -- 5 Devotional fitness as discourse and embodied practice6 Between inclusion and ex…
Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Religious Indifferences in Relation to Religion and Nonreligion (Johannes Quack) -- Chapter 2. Genealogies of Indifference? New theoretical thoughts on the history and creation of narratives surrounding Christianity, Secularism and Indifference (David Nash) -- Chapter 3. A Discursive Approach to ‘Religious Indifference’: Critical Reflections from Edinburgh’s Sou…
1. Introduction–Negotiating Place, Non-Place, and No-Place -- 2. From Megachurches to the Invisible Temple: Placing the Protestant “Church” in the Seoul Metropolitan Area -- 3. No-Place, New Places: Death and its Rituals in Urban Asia -- 4. Alone Together: Global Gurus, Cosmopolitan Space, and Community -- 5. On Daoism and Religious Networks in a Digital Age -- 6. Losing the Neighborhood …
Part 1: Halal Standard &Policy -- Part 2: Halal Research & Education -- Part 3: Halal Business & Industry -- Part 4: Halal Food & Safety -- Part 5: Halal Services.This book features more than 50 papers presented at the International Halal Conference 2014, which was held in Istanbul and organised by the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies of Universiti Teknologi MARA. It addresses the challe…