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Somerville-Wong, Anastasia E. "Secular Liturgies." Secular Studies 1, no. 2 (October 10, 2019): 229–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25892525-00102005.
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Abstract This paper, by the founder of the UK based Secular Liturgies Network and Forum, explores the concept and purpose of secular liturgy, and the potential for liturgical events in modern secular societies. It examines the practice of writing secular liturgy, discusses potential contributions from atheists, agnostics, humanists and religious progressives, and considers the new pastoral roles that may evolve alongside a secular liturgies movement. The author argues that secular liturgies and liturgical events have the potential to enrich secular culture, nurture community, facilitate healthy social interaction, advance ethical thought, promote creative writing and other arts, and galvanise people in their efforts towards sustainability and the creation of cultures and environments of health.
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Johnston, M. J. S., S. A. Silverman, R. J. Mueller, and K. S. Breckenridge. "Secular variation, crustal contributions, and tectonic activity in California, 1976-1984." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90, B10 (September 10, 1985): 8707–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/jb090ib10p08707.
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Anić, Jadranka Rebeka, and Zilka Spahić Šiljak. "Secularisation of Religion as the Source of Religious Gender Stereotypes." Feminist Theology 28, no. 3 (May 2020): 264–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0966735020906949.
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Secular–religious dichotomy has been criticised in discourse on secularisation theory as well as in discussions of the relationship between secular and religious feminism. Feminist theorists have criticised the secular–religious divide of feminism for overlooking facts such as the inherent gendering of this dichotomy, the participation of women believers in the gender equality movement since its inception, and the contributions of feminist theologians and gender studies scholars who use their respective religious traditions as a basis for gender egalitarianism. This article will criticise secular–religious dichotomy for overlooking the fact that secular, rather than religious, principles underlie gender stereotypes. Namely, Christian and Islamic theological anthropology has accepted philosophical postulates regarding the nature of women and used them to build models of subordination and complementarity of gender relations, thereby neglecting the egalitarian anthropology that can be developed based on the holy scriptures of both traditions. One of the challenges in exploring the secular-religious dichotomy can be found in the anti-gender movement in which believers join secular organizations and use secular discourse to advocate and preserve gender stereotypes.
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Bowman, Jonathan. "Extending Habermas and Ratzinger's Dialectics of Secularization: Eastern Discursive Influences on Faith and Reason in a Postsecular Age." Forum Philosophicum 14, no. 1 (June 1, 2009): 39–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35765/forphil.2009.1401.03.
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In the unlikely confluence of two colossal intellectual heritages, neo-Kantian Jürgen Habermas and Catholic prelate Joseph Ratzinger agree that we have entered a post-secular age. For both, the inauguration of such an age entails skepticism towards absolutist science and a growing recognition of the contributions of spiritual worldviews to social solidarity. Following their call for a multifaceted purification in the West whereby secular and religious commitments are subjected to mutual critique, I explore potential Eastern contributions to this process by providing a micro-analysis of the interaction of discursive subjects in three traditions: for Confucianism, the rectification of names; Taoism, truth disclosure; and Buddhism, right speech.
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Turaeva, Rano, and Michael Brose. "Halal Markets in non-Muslim Secular Societies." Sociology of Islam 8, no. 3-4 (December 10, 2020): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22131418-08030001.
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Abstract The introduction to the special issue discusses the important aspects of the studies of Halal markets in non-Muslim countries and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It also provides a general theoretical outline to bring the articles of the issue together which also offers a starting point for further discussions about sociological and anthropological studies of Halal economies. The major focus within our discussion of halal practices and definitions of halal is on the moral and rational reasoning behind halal marketing and consumption. These questions open more space for further interpretation of halal in secular contexts.
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KODZI, IVY A., STEPHEN OBENG GYIMAH, JACQUES B. EMINA, and ALEX C. EZEH. "Understanding ageing in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the contributions of religious and secular social involvement to life satisfaction." Ageing and Society 31, no. 3 (November 26, 2010): 455–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x10001005.
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ABSTRACTRapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa is believed to have weakened the traditional family ties which sustained older people in the past, but there is little empirical evidence about how older people today perceive their ageing experience in sub-Saharan Africa. The international gerontology literature demonstrates that, apart from financial wellbeing and health status, religious and secular forms of social involvement are key predictors of life satisfaction in older ages. No formal analysis, however, exists on the effects of religious and non-religious social involvement on the subjective wellbeing of older people in sub-Saharan nations. This study sought to fill this gap by examining the relationship between religious identity, religiosity, and secular social engagement using survey data from a sample of 2,524 men and women aged 50 or more years living in informal settlements of Nairobi City. We found significant differences in life satisfaction between Moslems, Catholics and non-Catholic Christians. Secular social support, personal sociability and community participation had positive effects on subjective wellbeing. In this context, we also observed that next to health status, the social involvement of older people was very important for life satisfaction.
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Fox, Jonathan. "The Secular-Religious Competition Perspective in Comparative Perspective." Politics and Religion 12, no. 3 (June 17, 2019): 524–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175504831900018x.
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AbstractPolitical secularism is defined as “an ideology or set of beliefs advocating that religion ought to be separate from all or some aspects of politics or public life (or both).” In the secular–religious competition perspective, I argue that political secularists compete with religious political actors to influence government policy around the world. Yet this competition is complicated by many factors. The contributions to this symposium demonstrate that this is the case in their examination of secular–religious tensions and state–religion relations in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Tunisia. These cases show that government religion policy evolves over time and is deeply influenced by secular–religious competition but that this competition is a complex one involving many other factors and influences.
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Silva, Kalinga Tudor. "Secular State and the ‘Religious Left’: Navayana Buddhism and Dr Ambedkar’s Vision for the Future of Democracy in South Asia." Journal of Social Inclusion Studies 6, no. 2 (December 2020): 152–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2394481121995955.
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In the light of ongoing debates about secular state and religious right in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, this article examines the intellectual contribution of Dr B. R. Ambedkar towards sustaining democracy in South Asia. His critical contributions included non-violent mobilisation of Dalits and adivasis around their human rights, identity, citizenship and religious faith. Most importantly, he argued that democratic values of equality, liberty and fraternity are not only of European origin but also have roots in South Asia, particularly within the Buddhist tradition. The article reflects on Ambedkar’s politics, social philosophy and contribution to the formation of ‘religious left’ and the process of progressive democratic change via Navayana Buddhism.
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Lerner, Natan. "Do Religion and Human Rights Interact?" International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 15, no. 2-3 (2008): 403–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157181108x332677.
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AbstractThe two reviewed books belong to a series of “Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights” published by Martinus Nijhoff. Both constitute a significant contribution to the literature on religion and human rights that developed in the last decade, after many years of neglect of the subject. Both are collective books and the outcome of international conferences. They deal with diverse aspects of the interaction between religion and human rights and international law. A recurrent question is to what extent has religion influenced human rights or if these are a post World War II and post-Holocaust phenomenon, strictly secular. Does God Believe in Human Rights? contains an introduction and 14 essays. The volume Religion, Human Rights and International Law is subtitled A Critical Examination of Islamic State Practices, a subject to which a considerable part of the volume is devoted. It contains 18 individual contributions, in addition to introductory reflections by the editors.
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Barrois, O., N. Gillet, and J. Aubert. "Contributions to the geomagnetic secular variation from a reanalysis of core surface dynamics." Geophysical Journal International 211, no. 1 (July 10, 2017): 50–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx280.
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Terrier, Marie. "La contribution théorique et militante d'Annie Besant (1847-1933) au renouveau socialiste en Grande-Bretagne. Genèse et prolongements." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA107.
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Dans les années 1880, en Grande-Bretagne, les idées socialistes connaissent un regain d’intérêt et des organisations socialistes sont créées. La contribution théorique et militante d’Annie Besant (1847-1933) à l’effervescence intellectuelle du « renouveau socialiste » a été importante. Annie Besant a pourtant été marginalisée par les historiens du mouvement socialiste. Après dix ans de militantisme dans la National Secular Society (NSS), l’organisation radicale, mais antisocialiste de Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant en vient, dans de nombreux articles et opuscules, à définir un socialisme évolutionniste. Elle exige l’intervention de l’État dans l’économie ainsi que la mise en place de droits sociaux. En 1885, elle adhère à la jeune Société fabienne et participe à l’élaboration de la doctrine fabienne fondée sur l’implication des socialistes dans les institutions politique et sur un collectivisme graduel. En aidant les allumettières de chez Byrant and May lorsqu’elles se mettent en grève puis forment un syndicat, Annie Besant contribue au « nouvel unionisme ». En 1888, lorsqu’elle est élue au conseil des écoles de Londres, elle défend ouvertement un programme socialiste. En 1889, Annie Besant se convertit à la théosophie, doctrine spiritualiste inspirée par les religions et les philosophies orientales. Dans un premier temps, elle renonce au militantisme politique et social. Cependant, après son installation en Inde, elle milite pour l’autodétermination de cette nation dès les années 1910. Elle s’intéresse de nouveau aux idéaux socialistes et cherche à nouer des alliances au sein du parti travailliste. Prendre en compte l’évolution du parcours d’Annie Besant, ainsi que les prolongements de son engagement socialiste, permet de mieux appréhender la nature et le développement du socialisme britannique de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siècleIn the 1880s, socialist ideas attracted renewed interest in Britain and socialist organisations were set up. Annie Besant (1847-1933)’s theoretical and militant contribution to the intellectual ferment of the “Socialist Revival” was important. Annie Besant was nevertheless marginalised by historians of the socialist movement. After ten years of militancy in Charles Bradlaugh’s radical but anti-socialist National Secular Society (NSS), Annie Besant came to argue in numerous articles and pamphlets, for an evolutionary socialism, demanding state intervention in the economy and the establishment of social rights. In 1885, she joined the newly formed Fabian Society and took part in the elaboration of the Fabian doctrine based on involvement in traditional politics and gradual collectivism. In helping the Bryant and May’s women matchmakers when they struck and formed a union, Annie Besant contributed to “new unionism”. In 1888, when she was elected to the London School Board, she openly defended a socialist programme. In 1889, Annie Besant converted to theosophy, a spiritualist doctrine inspired by eastern philosophies and religions. First, she gave up political and social agitation. However, after moving to India she agitated for Home Rule in India from the 1910s. Her interest in socialist ideals was renewed and she sought to make alliances within the Labour party. Taking into account the evolution her career, but also the sequel to her socialist commitment, is crucial to understand the nature and the development of British socialism at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century
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ZINSOUGA, DEHOTO Léandre Sourou. "La contribution de l’Eglise catholique à la défense de la paix sous le pontificat de Jean Paul II." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO30017.
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Eglise et Etat, ont en commun le même domaine d’action : le cadre de la société nationale et internationale. Ils ont pour mission la promotion du bien commun intégral de l’homme, de donner sens à la vie et de créer les conditions de l’épanouissement de la sécurité humaine. Pourtant, les politiques ont toujours tendance à s’affranchir du regard du religieux, à se couper de la source transcendante dont les religions sont les dépositaires. Dans les faits, cette séparation du religieux et du politique crée des situations complexes et conflictuelles. Le ré-enchantement de la religion dans les démocraties laïques, est la signature des rapports complexes, mais nécessaires entre le religieux et le politique. Ainsi donc, la frontière entre le temporel et le spirituel reste difficilement définissable; les alliances et les mésalliances du religieux et du politique influencent énormément les problématiques de sécurité et de paix. Alors quelles contributions la religion, en occurrence l’Eglise catholique, peut-elle apporter à la problématique de la sécurité et de la paix? Le pontificat de Jean-Paul II a initié pour la défense des droits de la personne humaine et de sa dignité un projet d’action à l’échelle de la planète. Ces multiples voyages où les dimensions religieuse et politique se répondent et s’imbriquent, ses nombreuses lettres encycliques, ses homélies, ses allocutions devant les représentants des instances internationales et ses prises de positions osées et audacieuses sont caractéristiques de l’exception Jean-Paul II dans un monde en quête de paix et de sécurité. Avec lui, la catholicité de l’Eglise s’est exprimée au quotidien et a dévoilé le caractère spécifique de sa mission de service de l’humanité et du salut en Jésus-Christ. En revendiquant les droits de l’homme pour tous, le pape met l’accent sur une catégorie de droits à la fois la plus universelle et la plus vilipendée dans les systèmes politiques en occurrence dans le marxisme. Jean-Paul II est crédité de politique d’intervention tous azimuts et de présence extrêmement diversifiée. Loin de conclure à un éparpillement désordonné, sa pensée est unifiée et axée sur l’homme comme valeur centrale et primordiale et comme point de focalisation de toutes ses attentionsChurch and State have the same field of action in common: the national and international setting. Their mission is to promote the common wellbeing of mankind, to give meaning to life and to create the proper environment for the fulfillment of human safety. However, politicians have always had the tendency to relieve themselves from the religious point of view, and to turn their back on the transcendental source which the religions safe keep. In fact, this separation of the religious and of the political creates complex and conflicting situations. The re enchantment of religion in secular democracies is the signature of complex but necessary relationships between the religious and the political. Thus, the boundary between worldly and spiritual matters remains hard to define; alliances and misalliances of the religious and the political greatly influence the security and peace problematic. So what contributions can the religion, in this instance the catholic Church, bring to the security and peace problematic?John Paul II pontificate initiated a world scale project in favor of the defense of human rights and dignity. His several trips during which the religious and political dimensions echo each others, his numerous encyclical letters, his homilies, his allocutions in front of representatives of international instances and his bold and daring opinions are characteristic of John Paul II exception in a world longing for peace and security. With him, the catholicity of the Church expressed itself daily and unveiled the specific character of its mission to serve humanity as well as of salvation through Jesus-Christ. By claiming human rights for all, the pope stresses a category of rights altogether the most universal and the most vilified in political systems, in this case Marxism. John-Paul II is credited of all-out interventionist political actions and of extremely diverse presence. Far from inferring a disorganized scattering, his mind is unified and centered around man as the central and foremost value and as the focal point of all his attentions
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Silvestre, Bertrand. "Éducation populaire et mouvements de jeunesse laïques à Lyon sous les mandats d'Édouard Herriot 1896 - 1957." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE2146.
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De 1896 à 1957, la municipalité de Lyon a développé une politique ambitieuse et novatrice dans le domaine de l’éducation populaire. Cette volonté politique d’action éducative s’explique par le contexte particulier de la ville de Lyon sur la première moitié du XXe siècle.La ville est alors en pleine croissance et économique. La population ne cesse d’augmenter, en particulier les populations ouvrières et scolaires.Cette ville est dirigée par Édouard Herriot. C’est à Lyon qu’il débute son engagement politique dans le contexte de l’affaire Dreyfus. Par la suite la ville de Lyon est pour lui un tremplin pour sa carrière politique nationale. En devenant maire de Lyon à 33 ans, Herriot est alors en position pour mettre en application une politique scolaire et éducative en lien avec ses principes de démocratisation de l’enseignement qu’il défend, celle d’un enseignement qui doit être plus démocratique et accessible, politique qu’il partage avec les Compagnons de l’Université Nouvelle. Cette vision est également celle d’ une partie de la population lyonnaise qui soutient Édouard Herriot.Les différentes actions menées s’appuient alors sur un ensemble de réseaux de militants entrecroisés. Ces réseaux se révèlent être particulièrement riches et actifs sur cette période. Leur analyse montre leur foisonnement et leur action à travers la multiplication des associations de type loi 1901, avec leurs nombreuses publications.Cependant, si l’analyses des différentes sources historiques accessibles permet de mettre en évidence la richesse de la vie associative lyonnaise en lien avec l’éducation populaire, en revanche ces mêmes sources restent malheureusement muettes sur le fonctionnement de ces différentes associations.L’analyse des pratiques et des projets des différents mouvements et associations d’éducation populaire fait apparaître une évolution des objectifs sur la période. L’objectif initial repose sur un programme de développement des pratiques d’hygiène et de la culture physique. L’objectif déclaré est alors de lutter contre les fléaux sociaux que sont la tuberculose et l’alcoolisme. Progressivement apparaissent des objectifs politiques. Il s’agit pour les différents militants de mettre en place une véritable éducation civique à destination des enfants des classes populaires lyonnaises. Le but affiché est de lutter contre l’influence des adversaires de la République, en premier lieu les milieux cléricaux. L’évolution de la définition de l’adversaire de la République dans ces milieux de militants permet de mettre en évidence les perceptions et les craintes politiques d’une partie de la population. Cette analyse autorise également à mettre en avant l’hyper-politisation de ces militants de l’éducation populaire dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. La crainte du fascisme devient alors une puissante motivation pour l’action éducatrice.L’objectif de cette recherche est alors de faire resurgir le fonctionnement de ces associations et œuvres d’éducation populaire, en cherchant des angles d’approche le plus près possible des militants de base. Ce monde de militants disparu peut alors être évoqué à travers la trajectoire de plusieurs d’entre eux dont la biographie a pu être reconstituéeFrom 1896 to 1957, the Lyon City council leads an ambitious innovative policy in the field of “éducation populaire” (public education, education for all).The political will to opt for an education policy can be accounted for by the particular context during the first half of the 20th century.This city is flourishing and its population is increasing constantly particularly its working class and the number of pupils.At the time, Édouard Herriot is Lyon's mayor. In Lyon he begins being involved in politics in the context of the Dreyfus affair.Lyon is to be a springboard for his political career. By becoming mayor of Lyon at the age of 33, Herriot can enforce his school and educative policy in accordance with the principles of democratization of schooling and education he advocates, a policy which makes schooling more easily accessible to all that he shares with the “Compagnons de l'Université Nouvelle” intertwined networks of activists. Those networks prove to be particularly fertile and active during the period. Analyzing them shows how numerous they are and sheds light on their actions through the profusion of non-profit organizations and their many publication.However, while the analysis of the different historic sources available allow to Lyon's thriving community life related to “éducation populaire”, the same sources do not mention how different organizations work.Analyzing the practices and project of the different “éducation populaire”movements and organizations show how the aims evolved during that period. Initially the goal is based on a program of hygiene physical education awareness. It is meant to fight social plagues such as tuberculoses and alcoholism. Gradually political goals emerge. The different activists have to establish a program of education in the true sense of the word of civic education, addressed to the children from Lyon working-class families. The aim is obviously to fight against the influence of opposite to the French Third Republic. In these activist circles above all clerical ones, regime evolves in these activist circle, makes the perceptions and political fears of parts of the population stand out this analysis also allows to put forward how deeply involved in politics these “éducation populaire” activists are in the second half of the 20th century. The fear of fascism then becomes a deep motivation for education.This research thus seeks to make the way these organizations and “éducation populaire” work re-emerge while attempting to be as close as possible to the viewpoint of regular activists.This bygone world of several of them whose biography could be traced
Books on the topic "Secular contributions"
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editor, Auga Ulrike, Sigriður Guðmarsdóttir 1965 editor, Knauss Stefanie editor, and Martínez Cano Silvia editor, eds. Resistance and visions: Postcolonial, post-secular and queer contributions to theology and the study of religions = Resistencias y visiones : contribuciones postcoloniales, postseculares y queer a la teoloǵia y a los estudios de las religiones = Widerstand und Visionen : der Beitrag postkolonialer, postsäkularer und queerer Theorie zu Theologie und Religionswissenschaften. Leuven: Peeters, 2014.
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Carr, Benjamin. Selected Secular and Sacred Songs. Edited by Eve R. Meyer. A-R Editions, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.31022/a015.
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As a versatile performer, distinguished teacher, and prolific composer and publisher, Benjamin Carr made major contributions to the vocal repertoire and to the elevation of musical taste in early America. His songs are noted for their graceful melodic lines and sensitivity to the text, especially in the settings of poetry by Shakespeare and Scott.
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Trzebiatowska, Marta. Contributions from Sociology. Edited by Adrian Thatcher. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199664153.013.018.
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Sociologists are concerned with the way human behaviour is patterned. They look for plausible explanations of phenomena that strike them as important due to their objective prevalence in social life. This chapter outlines the social scientific tools for studying religion, gender, and sexuality. Drawing on a range of examples from sociology of religion it explores the significance of individuals’ dispositions on the one hand and opportunities they encounter in their everyday lives on the other. The overall argument emphasizes the need for more collaboration between social scientists and theologians, or religious studies scholars. It suggests that secular sociologists would do well to consider the possibility of change in gender relations within religious contexts, and religious scholars could learn from the sociological method of inquiry to understand better the structurally determined mechanisms which make the symbolic gender order so resistant to change.
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(Editor), M. L. Bradbury, and James B. Gilbert (Editor), eds. Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History (Contributions to the Study of Religion). Greenwood Press, 1989.
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John, Dryden. The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI: Plays: King Arthur, Cleomenes, Love Triumphant, and The Secular Masque and Other Contributions to The Pilgrim (Works of John Dryden). University of California Press, 1998.
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Lämmlin, Georg, ed. Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in der postsäkularen Gesellschaft. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748924982.
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With regard to post-secular society, this book addresses two basic questions: To what extent can Christian communication und practice generate resources for social cohesion? And how can this contribution be empirically researched and identified from a sociological and theological perspective? These issues are discussed exemplarily in contributions to a conference relating to social conflicts and educational processes and are contrasted with the question of a suitable understanding of religion. They are complemented by reflections on the concept of the Church and on the question of European solidarity in the coronavirus crisis, a core aspect of social cohesion in the current situation. With contributions by Arend de Vries, Horst Gorski, Monika Jungbauer-Gans, Georg Lämmlin, Andreas Mayert, Georg Pfleiderer, Hilke Rebenstorf, Gunther Schendel and Ferdinand Sutterlüty. With a foreword by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm.
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Brewitt-Taylor, Sam. Christian Radicalism in the Church of England and the Invention of the British Sixties, 1957-1970. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198827009.001.0001.
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Like all transformative revolutions, Britain’s Sixties was an episode of highly influential myth-making. This book delves behind the mythology of inexorable ‘secularization’ to recover, for the first time, the cultural origins of Britain’s moral revolution. In a radical departure from conventional teleologies, it argues that British secularity is a specific cultural invention of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which was introduced most influentially by radical utopian Christians during this most desperate episode of the Cold War. In the 1950s, Britain’s predominantly Christian moral culture had marginalized ‘secular’ moral arguments by arguing that they created societies like the Soviet Union; but the rapid acceptance of ‘secularization’ teleologies in the early 1960s abruptly normalized ‘secular’ attitudes and behaviours, thus prompting the slow social revolution that unfolded during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. By tracing the evolving thought of radical Anglicans—uniquely positioned in the late 1950s and early 1960s as simultaneously moral radicals and authoritative moral insiders—this book reveals crucial and unexpected intellectual links between radical Christianity and the wider invention of Britain’s new secular morality, in areas as diverse as globalism, anti-authoritarianism, sexual liberation, and revolutionary egalitarianism. From the mid-1960s, British secularity began to be developed by a much wider range of groups, and radical Anglicans faded into the cultural background. Yet by disseminating the deeply ideological metanarrative of ‘secularization’ in the early 1960s, and by influentially discussing its implications, they had made crucial contributions to the nature and existence of Britain’s secular revolution.
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Oberlechner, Manfred, Franz Gmainer-Pranzl, and Anne Koch, eds. Religion bildet. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783845288444.
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Religion is a contested discursive field in which resources, belonging or exclusion and supremacy in relation to values are negotiated. Diversification processes and religious pluralisation during the alleged return of religion have re-raised the questions of how religion should be interpreted and how accessible it is. As a contribution to intersectionality research, this publication analyses how and in what interest new interfaces are being formed between religion, gender, origin, class and the nation. Its focus lies on educational processes as forms of socialisation, places of learning and reflexive change in religion. It aims to provide a forum for analysing and finding solutions to problems in ‘post-secular’ societies in Western Europe, which are being challenged by discussions on secularism, integration, how they deal with their history and liberal constitutional states. With contributions by Julika Bayer, Bettina Brandstetter, Lea Braun, Matteo Carmignola, Maria Fürstaller, Franz Gmainer-Pranzl, Magdalena Habringer, Assia M. Harawazinski, Evelyn Reuter, Sarah Jahn, Ramona Jelinek-Menke, Anne Koch, Thomas Krobath, Martin Jäggle, Karsten Lehmann, Doris Lindner, Torsten Mergen, Manfred Oberlechner, Karin Peter, Mizrap Polat, Martin Rötting, Sarah Tran-Huu.
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Neumann, Jacqueline, Gerhard Czermak, Reinhard Merkel, and Holm Putzke, eds. Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Weltanschauungsrecht. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748900344.
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This groundbreaking volume on secular law in Germany brings together scholars on a variety of topics regarding the separation of the state and religion. It conducts in-depth legal analyses dealing with a wide range of recent cases in which the rule of law and the neutral role of the secular state were put at risk by religious politics. The book’s 21 essays cover topics such as human rights, the constitutional roots of the secular state, freedom of belief and non-belief, medically assisted suicide, sexual self-determination, abortion, genital mutilation, criminal prosecution in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal, the collection of church taxes by the state based on baptisms of infants and minors, the collection of special church fees from atheists and Muslims by the state, church labour law, discrimination against members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Islamic veils in state schools. With contributions by editors and authors Dr. Gerhard Czermak | RiBGH Prof. Dr. Ralf Eschelbach | Dr. Carsten Frerk | Prof. Dr. Michael Hassemer | Johann-Albrecht Haupt | Prof. Dr. Rolf Dietrich Herzberg | Prof. Dr. Matthias Franz | Dr. Volker Korndörfer | Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kreß | Ingrid Matthäus-Maier | RA Dr. Till Müller-Heidelberg | Prof. Dr. Reinhard Merkel | RA Ludwig A. Minelli | Dr. Jacqueline Neumann | Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Ulfrid Neumann | Prof. Dr. Holm Putzke | RA Dr. Winfried Rath | StaatsMin a.D. Diplom-Jurist Rolf Schwanitz | Prof. Dr. Jörg Scheinfeld | Dr. Michael Schmidt-Salomon | Sarah Willenbacher
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Laborde, Cécile, and Aurélia Bardon. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198794394.003.0001.
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There is already an important literature on religion and political philosophy, focusing especially on controversies about religious symbols, freedom of speech, or secular education. The introduction explains the distinctive approach of the volume. Instead of focusing on specific political controversies, the book explores the conceptual, structural architecture of liberal political philosophy itself. The authors distinguish four different themes: the special status of religion in the law; state sovereignty, non-establishment, and neutrality; accommodation and religious freedom; and toleration, conscience, and identity. The chapter explains the particular questions raised in each of these four themes, and briefly presents the twenty-two contributions gathered in the volume.
Book chapters on the topic "Secular contributions"
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El-Yousef, Sami. "Christian Contributions to Education and Social Advancement." In Secular Nationalism and Citizenship in Muslim Countries, 121–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71204-8_6.
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Franck, Olof. "Facing Religious Ethical Claims in Post-secular Ethics Education: Challenges and Contributions." In Religious Education in a Post-Secular Age, 229–48. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47503-1_12.
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Sabella, Bernard. "Christian Contributions to Art, Culture, and Literature in the Arab-Islamic World." In Secular Nationalism and Citizenship in Muslim Countries, 89–106. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71204-8_4.
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Lefebure, Leo D. "Be Friends and Help the World: The Contributions of Pope Francis to Interreligious and Secular Relations." In Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue, 303–28. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96095-1_15.
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Heuser, Stefan. "The contribution of law to the secularization of politics." In Lutheran Theology and Secular Law, 1–13. Abingdon, Oxon [UK]; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. | Series: ICLARS series on law and religion: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315276342-1.
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Vahanian, Gabriel. "The Secular, a Christian Contribution to the East/West Dialogue." In Theopoetics of the Word, 87–101. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137440631_5.
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von Weizsäcker, Carl Christian, and Hagen M. Krämer. "Wealth and Desired Wealth." In Saving and Investment in the Twenty-First Century, 43–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75031-2_3.
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AbstractWith increasing general prosperity, desired wealth increases faster than current consumption. There is thus a secular tendency for the “waiting period” Z to grow. This is already the case for demographic reasons that hold for the global population as a whole. The proportion of the global population living in absolute poverty is rapidly declining. A monetary system offering stable purchasing power represents an important contribution of society to facilitating adequate private provision for the future. The “savings triangle” is a highly simplified, but neat representation of these interrelationships. It offers a good approximation of the facts.
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Ludovic, S. J., Lado Tonlieu. "Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa." In The State of Peacebuilding in Africa, 47–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46636-7_4.
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Abstract This chapter critically examines the contribution of religion to peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa. An overview of the complex and evolving religious landscape of Africa today, where Christianity and Islam coexist alongside African traditional religions, is followed by an exploration of the intersection of secular and faith-based processes of peacebuilding in what remains a profoundly religious continent. Thirdly, this chapter probes the different ways religion has been appropriated or justified in the service of terror, notably in the case of the Central African Republic. Lastly, the chapter considers how religion-based efforts to mitigate conflict in Africa can be made more effective, especially Muslim-based initiatives, given the disproportionate impact on Africa’s Muslims.
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SAFI, LOUAY M. "Overcoming the Religious-Secular Divide:." In Muslim Contributions to World Civilization, 5–22. International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk8w275.7.
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McLeod, Hugh, and Todd H. Weir. "Introduction: ‘Defending the Faith: Global Histories of Apologetics and Politics in the 20th Century’." In Defending the Faith, 1–16. British Academy, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266915.003.0001.
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This chapter gives an overview of the history of religious competition and secular-religious politics in the twentieth century. It introduces two key terms of this volume, secularism and apologetics. It proposes apologetics as a novel way to understand not only how religious but also secular actors defend their ideological positions. Following a history of the term apologetics in church use, this chapter proposes a model of apologetics neutralized of its narrowly Christian context that can be used for comparison across time and space. This introductory chapter then offers some general findings about the nature of religious competition in the twentieth century, before discussing in a comparative fashion the contributions to this volume.