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Religion and social transformations / edited by David Herbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Religion today : tradition, modernity and change.
- Religion today : tradition, modernity and change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religions.
- Religion and politics.
- Religion and social problems.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate : In association with the Open University, 2001.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Religion and the 'Great Transformation' in Poland and East Germany / David Herbert 13
- Chapter 2 Islam and human rights / David Herbert 65
- Chapter 3 What it meant and what it means: feminism, religion and interpretation / Susan Mumm 115
- Chapter 4 Buddhist responses to environmental crisis / Helen Waterhouse 153
- Theologians and the renewal of democratic political institutions / John Burgess 195
- A feminist interpretation of women's rights in Islam / Fatima Mernissi 213
- Kali, the savior / Lina Gupta 239
- The global environment as a religious issue: a sociological analysis / Peter Beyer 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754607453
- 0754608174
- OCLC:
- 48110639
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