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Questioning ‘the global resurgence of religion’
Scott M. Thomas has been widely praised for his book The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations: The Struggle for the Soul of the Twenty-First Century (NY & Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2005). This is an ambitious … Continue reading
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The murder of Osama bin Laden – the end of the beginning of the clash of civilisations?
This morning I awoke to the news that Osama bin Laden was dead, murdered by the United States of America in a what appears to have been a heavily fortified compound in Pakistan; more precise details will no doubt emerge … Continue reading
Praying For Japan
Kat Neumann is writing her PhD under Andrew Hass and Alison Jasper. After the catastrophic events in Japan, the language of secular politics and news reports on the economic and political impact on food supplies, the stock market, rising flight … Continue reading
Religion and Politics in International Relations: the Modern Myth
One classic collection of essays by anthropologists on the definition of religion which was required reading in the course at King’s College, London on anthropology of religion was Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (1966) edited by E. M. … Continue reading
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Performative prayer and ‘comparing’ religion
It is often acknowledged that Christian tradition in what we commonly call ‘the West’ was transformed after the Roman Emperor Constantine became a Christian: what had been a subversive and marginalised practice originating with a poor man at the insignificant … Continue reading
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