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  Religion in Politics and Society — Reference Shelf — Volume 75, Number 3

   
 
 

Contents

 

Preface vii

List of Maps ix

 

I. Religion and Culture 1

Editor’s Introduction 3

1) Keeping the Faith: Religion, Freedom, and International Affairs. Paul Marshall. USA Today Magazine 5

2) Scholars Get Religion. Mark Clayton. Christian Science Monitor 13

3) Psychiatry, Spirituality and Religion. William R. Breakey. International Review of Psychiatry 18

4) A City That Echoes Eternity. Kenneth L. Woodward. Newsweek 28

5) Pope John Paul II. Scott Appleby. Foreign Policy 31

6) Russian Renewal. Michael Bourdeaux. Christian Century 41

7) A Faith with Many Faces. David R. Sands. Insight 51

 

II. Religion and Political Violence 57

Editor’s Introduction 59

1) Occidentalism. Avishai Margalit and Ian Buruma. New York Review of Books 61

2) Religion and the War Against Evil. Harvey Cox. The Nation 73

3) Fundamentalism. R. Scott Appleby and Martin E. Marty. Foreign Policy 78

4) Separated at Birth. Leela Jacinto. ABCNEWS.com 86

5) Religious Wars?: A Short History of the Balkans. Paul Mojzes. Commonweal 89

 

III. New Religions and Religious Conversion 95

Editor’s Introduction 97

1) Oh, Gods! Toby Lester. Atlantic Monthly 99

2) Falun Gong: What’s Behind the Movements? Christopher Wanjek. Washington Post 116

3) The Church of the West. Economist 120

4) Guatemala’s New Evangelists. Rachel Cobb. Natural History 125

5) The Expansion of Christianity: An Interview with Andrew Walls. Christian Century 135

 

IV. Religion and Ecology 143

Editor’s Introduction 145

1) Religion Goes Green: Ecology Joins Theology. Linda Ashton. Houston Chronicle 147

2) Science, Religion, and Ecology Turn Eastward. Michael J. Strada. USA Today Magazine 150

3) Religion, Modern Secular Culture, and Ecology. George Rupp. Dædalus 159

 

V. Religion and Gender 165

Editor’s Introduction 167

1) Thai Monk Blazes Path for Equality for Women. New York Times 169

2) Islam’s Female Converts. Priya Malhotra. Newsday 172

3) New Fields and Strict Judaism Coexist. Nina Siegal. New York Times 176

4) Reconciliation. Vanessa E. Jones. Boston Globe 181

 

Bibliography 185

Books 187

Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts 189

Index 197


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