Church and social problems

In Good Faith: Canadian Churches Against Apartheid

by Pratt, Renate

fromComparative Ethics Ser

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Annotation Explains why the Christian churches were among the first to publicly protest apartheid, and how they provided international support for the struggle against it. Pratt, the first coordinator of the Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility--one of Canada's…

The neighbor: three inquiries in political theology

by Žižek, Slavoj, Santner, Eric L., Reinhard, Kenneth

fromTrios (Chicago, Ill.)

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In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 19:18 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love one's neighbor as oneself. "Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it," he prop…

Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy: To Transfer the Empire of the World

by Blevins, John

fromRoutledge research in religion and development

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In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international health policy and practice…

Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy: To Transfer the Empire of the World

by Blevins, John

fromRoutledge research in religion and development

0 Type: Book

In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international health policy and practice…

Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy: To Transfer the Empire of the World

by Blevins, John

fromRoutledge Research in Religion and Development Ser

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In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international health policy and practice…

Christianity's role in United States global health and development policy: to transfer the empire of the world

by Blevins, John

fromRoutledge research in religion and development

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"In recent years, researchers and practitioners in global health and development have shown a renewed interest in religion. In many instances, their interest has focused on ways to ensure that the contributions and capacities of faith-based organizations are maximized in achievi…

Christianity's role in United States global health and development policy: to transfer the empire of the world

by Blevins, John

fromRoutledge research in religion and development

0 Type: Book

"In recent years, researchers and practitioners in global health and development have shown a renewed interest in religion. In many instances, their interest has focused on ways to ensure that the contributions and capacities of faith-based organizations are maximized in achievi…

Ecclesia et violentia: violence against the Church and violence within t…

by Kotecki, Radosław, Maciejewski, Jacek

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Ecclesia et Violentia is an interdisciplinary anthology that explores the phenomenon of violence in relation to the medieval Church, as well as within the structures of that institution. The volume provides a clearer understanding of hostile and violent acts against both religio…

Ecclesia et violentia: violence against the Church and violence within t…

0 Type: Book

Ecclesia et Violentia is an interdisciplinary anthology that explores the phenomenon of violence in relation to the medieval Church, as well as within the structures of that institution. The volume provides a clearer understanding of hostile and violent acts against both religio…

In the forty years before the Civil War, America rang with the cry of reform. Abolitionists stormed against the cruelties of slavery. Temperance zealots hounded producers and consumers of strong drink. Sabbatarians fought to make Sunday an officially recognized sacred day. Women…

Cosmos crumbling: American reform and the religious imagination

by Abzug, Robert H.

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In the forty years before the Civil War, America rang with the cry of reform. Abolitionists stormed against the cruelties of slavery. Temperance zealots hounded producers and consumers of strong drink. Sabbatarians fought to make Sunday an officially recognized sacred day. Women…

Broken faith: why hope matters

fromStudies in theology, society, and culture

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"This book is a theological reflection on the broken state of faith within the Catholic Church in Ireland following more than two decades of revelations about institutional and child sexual abuse and the Church's now acknowledged failure to respond to the abuse in an appropriate…