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Routledge eBooks, Dec 7, 2018
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Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022
The Review of Politics, 2023
The European Legacy, Nov 16, 2017
Routledge eBooks, Nov 29, 2021
The European Legacy, Oct 4, 2016
yearning. However, the relatively new discipline of 'comparative theology' promises to navigate i... more yearning. However, the relatively new discipline of 'comparative theology' promises to navigate itself effectively against this highly-charged disciplinary background. This discipline seeks to analyse the truth claims of two or more different religious traditions (and thus make the kind of findings religious studies can struggle with), but without necessarily presupposing any kind of naïve meta-narrative framework, (and thus avoid syncretism). The editor, John Renard, locates this volume firmly within the burgeoning discipline of comparative theology, and in his introduction provides a lucid explanation of the reasons for doing so, drawing out the relative novelty of this volume which looks at violence and texts in a comparative theological fashion. There are eight essays included here, focussing on seven different religious traditions. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baha'i tradition, Zorastrianism, Hinduism and Sikhism are all covered, offering a focussed discussion of the application of specific textual references to violent acts in each case. As regards Zorastrianism and the Baha'i tradition, general knowledge about these religions cannot be assumed, so thankfully Renard provides an excellent introduction to each tradition and its corresponding text. Moreover, the essays discussing the traditions which are more obscure from a Western European perspective, each confer the history and development of that tradition, and are well worth reading simply to improve one's knowledge of those traditions themselves. There is also an extensive glossary, which is necessary when the terminology discussed tends to be highly tradition-specific. Each of these essays is of a high standard, and looks in some detail at the conjunction of texts and violent acts in reception history. The hermeneutical claims of these acts are generally well critiqued, and the overall effect of the volume is to enable the reader to gain some important glimpses of broad characteristics regarding the phenomenon of supposedly textually-mandated religious violence, of precisely the sort which are very difficult to gain within the purview of religious studies, and yet avoid the presupposed meta-narratives of comparative religion. For example, it is clear that textual accounts of religious violence can be either descriptive or prescriptive, that they are found in many different literary genres, and that the tradition-specific hermeneutic methodologies share certain placatory approaches for dealing with such instances, such as allegorical interpretation. Moreover, something which cuts across all these essays is the positing of religious 'otherness', as nonbelievers, unbelievers, apostates or outsiders, and the ever-ambiguous activity of seeking to apply these notions of otherness to our twenty-first-century situation. For reasons such as these, this volume is highly recommended as providing innovative and fruitful insights for a widely recognised but deeply misunderstood phenomenon.
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
• The Rise of Nazism in Germany was a defining moment in world history, as the Nazi Party, led by... more • The Rise of Nazism in Germany was a defining moment in world history, as the Nazi Party, led by Adolph Hitler, came to power and implemented policies that would lead to the Holocaust and World War II. we will explore the events and policies that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany, including the role of Adolph Hitler, the policies implemented by the Nazi Party, the Holocaust, and German expansion under the Nazis. Adolf Hitler, born in Austria in 1889, was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the Nazi Party, from 1921 until his death in 1945. Hitler rose to power in Germany during the 1930s, Hitler was the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and guiding spirit, or Fuhrer, of Germany's Third Reich from 1933 to 1945, and implemented a series of policies that would have a devastating impact on Europe and the world.
The European Legacy, 2022
Modernism and Totalitarianism
The European Legacy, 2017
History of Political Thought, 2015
Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern yo... more Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern your use of this document. When citing, please reference the published version. Take down policy While the University of Birmingham exercises care and attention in making items available there are rare occasions when an item has been uploaded in error or has been deemed to be commercially or otherwise sensitive.
Evil in Contemporary Political Theory, 2011
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries
Routledge eBooks, Dec 7, 2018
Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern yo... more Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern your use of this document. When citing, please reference the published version. Take down policy While the University of Birmingham exercises care and attention in making items available there are rare occasions when an item has been uploaded in error or has been deemed to be commercially or otherwise sensitive.
Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022
The Review of Politics, 2023
The European Legacy, Nov 16, 2017
Routledge eBooks, Nov 29, 2021
The European Legacy, Oct 4, 2016
yearning. However, the relatively new discipline of 'comparative theology' promises to navigate i... more yearning. However, the relatively new discipline of 'comparative theology' promises to navigate itself effectively against this highly-charged disciplinary background. This discipline seeks to analyse the truth claims of two or more different religious traditions (and thus make the kind of findings religious studies can struggle with), but without necessarily presupposing any kind of naïve meta-narrative framework, (and thus avoid syncretism). The editor, John Renard, locates this volume firmly within the burgeoning discipline of comparative theology, and in his introduction provides a lucid explanation of the reasons for doing so, drawing out the relative novelty of this volume which looks at violence and texts in a comparative theological fashion. There are eight essays included here, focussing on seven different religious traditions. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baha'i tradition, Zorastrianism, Hinduism and Sikhism are all covered, offering a focussed discussion of the application of specific textual references to violent acts in each case. As regards Zorastrianism and the Baha'i tradition, general knowledge about these religions cannot be assumed, so thankfully Renard provides an excellent introduction to each tradition and its corresponding text. Moreover, the essays discussing the traditions which are more obscure from a Western European perspective, each confer the history and development of that tradition, and are well worth reading simply to improve one's knowledge of those traditions themselves. There is also an extensive glossary, which is necessary when the terminology discussed tends to be highly tradition-specific. Each of these essays is of a high standard, and looks in some detail at the conjunction of texts and violent acts in reception history. The hermeneutical claims of these acts are generally well critiqued, and the overall effect of the volume is to enable the reader to gain some important glimpses of broad characteristics regarding the phenomenon of supposedly textually-mandated religious violence, of precisely the sort which are very difficult to gain within the purview of religious studies, and yet avoid the presupposed meta-narratives of comparative religion. For example, it is clear that textual accounts of religious violence can be either descriptive or prescriptive, that they are found in many different literary genres, and that the tradition-specific hermeneutic methodologies share certain placatory approaches for dealing with such instances, such as allegorical interpretation. Moreover, something which cuts across all these essays is the positing of religious 'otherness', as nonbelievers, unbelievers, apostates or outsiders, and the ever-ambiguous activity of seeking to apply these notions of otherness to our twenty-first-century situation. For reasons such as these, this volume is highly recommended as providing innovative and fruitful insights for a widely recognised but deeply misunderstood phenomenon.
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
• The Rise of Nazism in Germany was a defining moment in world history, as the Nazi Party, led by... more • The Rise of Nazism in Germany was a defining moment in world history, as the Nazi Party, led by Adolph Hitler, came to power and implemented policies that would lead to the Holocaust and World War II. we will explore the events and policies that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany, including the role of Adolph Hitler, the policies implemented by the Nazi Party, the Holocaust, and German expansion under the Nazis. Adolf Hitler, born in Austria in 1889, was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the Nazi Party, from 1921 until his death in 1945. Hitler rose to power in Germany during the 1930s, Hitler was the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and guiding spirit, or Fuhrer, of Germany's Third Reich from 1933 to 1945, and implemented a series of policies that would have a devastating impact on Europe and the world.
The European Legacy, 2022
Modernism and Totalitarianism
The European Legacy, 2017
History of Political Thought, 2015
Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern yo... more Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern your use of this document. When citing, please reference the published version. Take down policy While the University of Birmingham exercises care and attention in making items available there are rare occasions when an item has been uploaded in error or has been deemed to be commercially or otherwise sensitive.
Evil in Contemporary Political Theory, 2011
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, 2021
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries