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Subject(s)

• Religion [Browse]
• Theology [Browse]

Editor

• Information Resources Management Association [Browse]

Summary note

""This book examines the cultural, sociological, economic, and philosophical effects of religion on modern society and human behavior. It also explores the impact of gender identity and race within religious-based institutions and organizations"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents

• Section 1. Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. Chapter 1. Land and soil in the religious culture of Kôyasan in medieval and early modern Japan ; Chapter 2. Impact of Buddhism on Sri Lanka: the Indian influence ; Chapter 3. Authenticity and Buddhist experience: a multidimensional approach ; Chapter 4. Getting old in little lhasa: experiences of aging in Dharamsala ; Chapter 5. The forgotten widows of Vrindavan in India ; Chapter 6. The impact of Jewish-Arab intercultural encounters and the discourse of the Holocaust on mutual perceptions ; Chapter 7. National-liberty reflections of the exodus myth in Palestine-Israel print media advertisements, 1923-1958
• Section 2. Christianity. Chapter 8. The roots of evilness and biblical literature: the revolt of Lucifer ; Chapter 9. Ethical audit of prosperity gospel: psychological manipulation or social ministry ; Chapter 10. Religion, church, and public space ; Chapter 11. Great risk for the kingdom: pentecostal-charismatic growth churches, pastorpreneurs, and neoliberalism ; Chapter 12. Race relations in the churches of christ: strategies towards reconciliation ; Chapter 13. Forgiveness in the face of hate ; Chapter 14. Catholic pilgrimage in Europe: contemporary traditions and challenges
• Section 3. General studies and spirituality. Chapter 15. Offerings: the metaphysics of giving ; Chapter 16. The electric soul: faith, spirituality, and ontology in a digital age ; Chapter 17. The mystical experience, or the way to transformative union ; Chapter 18. The spiritual disciplines as practices of transformation ; Chapter 19. Cultural hemorrhage of religion and spirituality on healthcare and wellness ; Chapter 20. Spiritual factors in the experience of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias ; Chapter 21. The potential of spirituality for the treatment of organizational trauma ; Chapter 22. Spiritual health identity: placing black women's lives in the center of analysis
• Section 4. Islam. Chapter 23. Islam and modernity: considering shafi'i's perspective on how Islamic thought dealt with the question of renewal ; Chapter 24. Islamic philanthropy as a "discursive tradition" ; Chapter 25. ISIS rhetoric for the creation of the Ummah ; Chapter 26. Literary history as national history: the Sufi tradition in Iranian culture and identity ; Chapter 27. The amplification of the Sunni-Shia divide through contemporary communications technology: fear and loathing in the modern Middle East.

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ISBN

• 9781799824589 (electronic book)
• 1799824586 (electronic book)

OCLC

1121419637

Doi

• 10.4018/978-1-7998-2457-2

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