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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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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

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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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