Author: Mario ApostolovPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Religious Minorities and New Problems in Security with Special Reference to Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Author: Mario ApostolovReligious Minorities, Nation States and Security
Author: Mario ApostolovPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000160432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This title was first published in 2001. Why, in this contemporary secular age, does violent conflict among confessional communities still occur? Covering several key conflicts of recent years in one of the most dynamic areas of the world, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans, Mario Apostolov uses both interpretative and comparative analysis to answer this question. His versatile approach makes for an engaging account that makes an important contribution to the current debate surrounding such conflicts.The author focuses on five case studies taken from the traditional zone of contact between Christianity and Islam:- The Copts- The Palestinian Christians- The Lebanese communities- The Pomaks- The communities of Bosnia-HerzegovinaThe book examines the relationship between these issues and communal mobilisation, the collective use of violence and the problems of international security. An informative study for students, academics, policy makers and personnel in international organizations with an interest in communal conflict and security.
Religious Minorities and New Problems in Security
Author: Mario ApostolovPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The thesis uses both interpretive and comparative analysis to explain why conflicts involving confessional minorities still occur in the contemporary age of secular nation states. Arguably, these conflicts reflect political relations involving nation states, political leaders and various communities. This is one of the reasons why the secularisation hypothesis does not hold in many states in today's world.
The Status of Religious Liberty for Minority Faiths in Europe and the OSCE
Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Religion and Security
Author: Robert A. SeiplePublisher: Sheed & Ward
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In global security today, religion is not only part of the problem but also part of the solution. This book explores positive nexus points between religion and security, paying particular attention to the resources within the Abrahamic faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that foster sustainable peace.
The New Religious Intolerance
Author: Martha C. NussbaumPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674065913
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the United States? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society. Fear, Nussbaum writes, is "more narcissistic than other emotions." Legitimate anxieties become distorted and displaced, driving laws and policies biased against those different from us. Overcoming intolerance requires consistent application of universal principles of respect for conscience. Just as important, it requires greater understanding. Nussbaum challenges us to embrace freedom of religious observance for all, extending to others what we demand for ourselves. She encourages us to expand our capacity for empathetic imagination by cultivating our curiosity, seeking friendship across religious lines, and establishing a consistent ethic of decency and civility. With this greater understanding and respect, Nussbaum argues, we can rise above the politics of fear and toward a more open and inclusive future.
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, *
Author: Protection of Cultural and Religious Minorities. Leadership for International Peace and Security
Author: I. CaraccioloPublisher:
ISBN: 9788892131941
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Secrecy
Author: Hugh B. UrbanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781032228655
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Secrecy is a central and integral component of all religious traditions. Not limited simply to religious groups that engage in clandestine activities such as hidden rites of initiation or terrorism, secrecy is inherent in the very fabric of religion itself. Its importance has perhaps never been more acutely relevant than in our own historical moment. In the wake of 9/11 and other acts of religious violence, we see the rise of invasive national security states that target religious minorities and pose profound challenges to the ideals of privacy and religious freedom, accompanied by the resistance by many communities to such efforts. As such, questions of secrecy, privacy, surveillance, and security are among the most central and contested issues of twenty-first century religious life. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Secrecy is the definitive reference source for the key topics, problems, and debates in this crucial field and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising twenty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts: Configurations of Religious Secrecy: Conceptual and Comparative Frameworks Secrecy as Religious Practice Secrecy and the Politics of the Present Secrecy and Social Resistance Secrecy, Terrorism, and Surveillance. This cutting-edge volume discusses secrecy in relation to major categories of religious experience and individual religious practices while also examining the transformations of secrecy in the modern period, including the rise of fraternal orders, the ongoing wars on terror, the rise of far-right white supremacist groups, increasing concerns over religious freedom and privacy, the role of the internet in the spread and surveillance of such groups, and the resistance to surveillance by many indigenous and diasporic communities. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Secrecy is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, comparative religion, new religious movements, and religion and politics. It will be equally central to debates in the related disciplines of sociology, anthropology, political science, security studies and cultural studies.
The Racial Muslim
Author: Sahar F. AzizPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520382307
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Why does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz’s groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African American Muslims during the twentieth century, Aziz explores the gap between America’s aspiration for and fulfillment of religious freedom. With America’s demographics rapidly changing from a majority white Protestant nation to a multiracial, multireligious society, this book is an in dispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our present—to the detriment of our nation’s future.