Play and power in religion: collected essays
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Play and power in religion: collected essays
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The relationship between religion, power and play is a promising theme in the study of religion. This collection of essays contains André Droogers' most relevant articles on their interconnectedness. Having worked on three continents, researching and lecturing in both anthropolo…
Contributed articles on secularism, religious fundamentalism, and state machinery in India.
Adam Laats offers a provocative and definitive new history of conservative evangelical colleges and universities, institutions that have played a decisive role in American politics, culture, and religion. This book looks unflinchingly at the issues that have defined these school…
Viele der nationalen Befreiungsbewegungen in den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verfolgten ursprünglich demokratische und säkulare Ideale. Nachdem die koloniale Herrschaft abgeschüttelt war, kam es in den neu entstandenen Nationen jedoch zu einem starken Wiederaufleben von re…
The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phe…
Foreword by Raymond Taras ix. - Preface xiii. - Introduction xvii. - 1. Afghanistan's Landscape, the People, and Islamism 1. - 2. Enter the Taliban 19. - 3. The Taliban in Power 29. - 4. The Taliban in Defeat 45. - 5. The Taliban's Recovery in Pakistan 81. - 6. The Taliban Impro…
