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 Free Download Robin Le Poidevin, "Religious Fictionalism " English | ISBN: 1108457479 | 2019 | 75 pages | PDF | 2 MB This Element is an introduction to contemporary religious fictionalism, its motivation and challenges. Among the issues raised are: can religion be viewed as a game of make-believe? In what ways does religious fictionalism parallel positions often labelled 'fictionalist' in ethics and metaphysics? Does religious fictionalism represent an advance over its rivals? Can fictionalism provide an adequate understanding of the characteristic features of the religious life, such as worship, prayer, moral commitment? Does fictionalism face its own version of the problem of evil? Is realism about theistic (God-centred) language less religiously serious than fictionalism?  Free Download Kerry J. Kennedy, "Religious Education in Asia " English | ISBN: 0367336995 | 2020 | 216 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The book examines ancient religious traditions and modernity in a globalized Asia that is as much in need of a moral compass as it is economic development. Religious education has been an aspect of many societies over time and irrespective of culture. Yet as globalization advances local values are challenged every day by internationalized discourses and global perspectives. It is this context that provides the rationale for this edited book. It seeks to understand what forms religious education takes in Asian contexts and what role it continues to play. On the one hand, the societies which are the subject of this book reflect ancient religious traditions but on the other they are responsible for a significant portion of the world's economic development.  Free Download Kerry O'Halloran, "Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context: A Common Law Perspective" English | ISBN: 1108423051 | 2018 | 566 pages | PDF | 4 MB Generations of festering culture wars, compounded by actual wars in predominantly Muslim countries, the terrorism of Isis, and the ongoing migrant crisis have all combined to make religious discrimination the most pressing challenge now facing many governments. For the leading common law nations, with their shared Christian cultural heritage balanced by a growing secularism, the threat presented by this toxic mix has the potential to destabilise civil society. This book suggests that the instances of religious discrimination, as currently legally defined, are constrained by that cultural context, exacerbated by a policy of multiculturalism, and in practice, conflated with racial, ethnic or other forms of discrimination. Kerry O'Halloran argues that many culture war issues - such as those that surround the pro-choice/pro-life debate and the rights of the LGBT community - can be viewed as rooted in the same Christian morality that underpins the law relating to religious discrimination.  Free Download Helen De Cruz, "Religious Disagreement " English | ISBN: 1108457312 | 2018 | 76 pages | PDF | 2 MB This Element examines what we can learn from religious disagreement, focusing on disagreement with possible selves and former selves, the epistemic significance of religious agreement, the problem of disagreements between religious experts, and the significance of philosophy of religion. Helen De Cruz shows how religious beliefs of others constitute significant higher-order evidence. At the same time, she advises that we should not necessarily become agnostic about all religious matters, because our cognitive background colors the way we evaluate evidence. This allows us to maintain religious beliefs in many cases, while nevertheless taking the religious beliefs of others seriously.  Free Download Marko Nikolić, "Religion, Human Rights and International Law" English | ISBN: 1680957988 | 2018 | 216 pages | PDF | 16 MB Freedom of religion is a subject, which has throughout human history been a source of profound disagreements and conflict. These conflicts always include more than one ethnicity and are by definition international, even if they take place within the borders of one state. Problem goes as far as victimizing minorities to the point of forcible assimilation and genocide. freedom of religion is profound, but these kind of conflicts are taking place around the world at any time.  Free Download Stephanie A. Budwey, "Religion and Intersex " English | ISBN: 036702957X | 2022 | 248 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This book considers the situation of intersex people who have faced erasure in the areas of science, law, culture, and theology due to the assumption that all humans are either 'female' or 'male.'  Free Download Alexandra S. Wormley, "Religion and Food " English | ISBN: 1009671448 | 2025 | 75 pages | PDF | 3 MB Religion plays an important role in what and how we eat. Indeed, food is a critical component of religion-as well as a reflection of the other components that make religion unique. This fact is what necessitates greater attention towards food as a lens for understanding psychological phenomenon both within the psychology of religion and the social scientific community at large. Utilizing theories and exemplars from multiple disciplines, the authors discuss how food relates to four dimensions of religion - beliefs (Section 2), values (Section 3), practices (Section 4), and community (Section 5). Throughout the Element and in a concluding section, the authors provide exciting directions for future research. In addition to providing a review of our current understanding of the role of food and religion, this work ultimately seeks to inspire researchers and students to investigate the role of food in religious life.  Free Download Loren D. Marks, "Religion and Families " English | ISBN: 1848725469 | 2016 | 298 pages | PDF | 3 MB This is the first multidisciplinary text to address the growing scholarly connection between religion and family life. The latest literature from family studies, psychology, sociology, and religion is reviewed along with narratives drawn from interviews with 200 racially, religiously, and regionally diverse families which bring the concepts to life. Written in a thought-provoking, accessible, and sometimes humorous style by two of the leading researchers in the field, the book reflects the authors' firsthand experience in teaching today's students about religion's impact on families. Prior to writing the book, the authors read the sacred texts of many faiths, interviewed religious leaders, and attended religious services for a wide array of faiths. The result is an accurate and engaging account of why and how families are impacted by their religion. The pedagogical features of the text include boldfaced key terms defined in the glossary, text boxes, chapter conclusions, summary points, and review questions.  Free Download Carsten Anckar, "Religion and Democracy " English | ISBN: 0367721341 | 2021 | 216 pages | PDF | 15 MB This fully updated new edition empirically assesses the relationship between religion and democracy, looking at global, regional, and individual countries' perspectives.  Free Download Meenakshi Bharat &, "Relatively True: Stories of Truth, Deception, Post- Truth from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia" English | ISBN: 9354423051 | 2022 | 240 pages | EPUB | 4 MB Relatively Trueis a vibrant collection of short stories that reflects on the porous boundariesseparatinglies, half-truths, and the truth. We live in a world of elastic truth, click- bait, disinformation and fake identities. Opinions, beliefs and conspiracy theories clamour to be given equal time and weight with facts. Whose truth is more relevant and meaningful―yours or mine? The stories in Relatively True confront and address this question, and more, in surprising and inventive ways. Each narrativeprobes the vexing impact that fluctuatingideas of truth haveon us. From self-deception to trickery on a wider scale, this anthology of short fiction from Australia and South Asia enchants, provokes and enlightens, from the first story to the last. |
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