No Establishment of Religion

T. Jeremy Gunn , John Witte

The First Amendment guarantee that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths.The exact meaning and application of...

Bridges across an Impossible Divide

Marc Gopin

The Sacred Is the Profane

William Arnal , Russell T. Mccutcheon

Rethinking Pluralism

Adam B. Seligman , Robert P. Weller

Religious Lessons

Kathleen Holscher

Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of nearly 150 Catholic sisters in public schools across New Mexico in 1948. Known nationally as the "Dixon case," after one of the towns involved, it was the most famous in...

Religion and Human Security

Clark B. Lombardi , James K. Wellman

Since the1950s the world has witnessed a period of extraordinary religious revival in which religious political parties and non-governmental organizations have gained power around the globe. At the same time, the international community has come to focus on the...

Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads

Sohail H. Hashmi

Surveying the period from the rise of Islam in the early seventh century to the present day, Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads is the first book to investigate in depth the historical interaction among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim ideas about when the use of force is...

Tragic Soul-Life

Terrence L. Johnson

Just and Unjust Peace

Daniel Philpott

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice...

Showdown in the Sonoran Desert

Ananda Rose

Rethinking Religion and World Affairs

Timothy Samuel Shah , Alfred Stepan , Monica Duffy Toft

In recent years, the role of religion in the study and conduct of international affairs has become increasingly important. The essays in this volume seek to question and remedy the problematic neglect of religion in extant scholarship, grappling with puzzles, issues,...

The Bible, the School, and the Constitution

Steven K. Green

Religion, Civil Society, and Peace in Northern Ireland

John D. Brewer , Gareth I. Higgins , Francis Teeney

Religion was thought to be part of the problem in Ireland and incapable of turning itself into part of the solution. Many commentators deny the churches a role in Northern Ireland's peace process or belittle it, focusing on the few well-known events of church...

Christianity and Contemporary Politics

Luke Bretherton

Congratulations to Luke Bretherton on winning the 2013 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing for Christianity and Contemporary Politics! Relations between religious and political spheres continue to stir passionate debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Through a...

Church, State, and Democracy in Expanding Europe

Lavinia Stan , Lucian Turcescu

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu examine the relationship between religion and politics in ten former communist Eastern European countries. Contrary to widespread theories of increasing secularization, Stan and Turcescu argue that in most of these countries, the...

Dear God; Children's Letters to God

Carmel Reilly

Dear God, Why did you make elephants such a funny shape? Love WendyA wonderful collection of heartwarming letters written by children from different backgrrounds around the world. With great candour and sincerity the children ask questions, make suggestions and even...

The Pocket Book of Revelation

Hugh Barker

The Book of Revelation is the apocalyptic final book of the the New Testament. In the final confrontation between heaven and hell, the worlds of heaven, earth, and hell are invoked. Using real and symbolic characters, the cryptic nature of this work has made it a...

365 Prayers for the Family

Diane Law

In times of trial, we raise our voices to pray for support.; in times of joy, we long to find the words to give thanks. Gatherered here are prayers for every occasion, simple enough for the innocent child and profound enough to touch the maturest heart.

The Homeland Is the Arena

Ousmane Kane

As Senegal prepares to celebrate fifty years of independence from French colonial rule, academic and policy circles are engaged in a vigorous debate about its experience in nation building. An important aspect of this debate is the impact of globalization on Senegal,...

When Religion Becomes Lethal

Charles Kimball

A compelling look at today's complex relationship between religion and politics In his second book, bestselling author Charles Kimball addresses the urgent global problem of the interplay between fundamentalist Abrahamic religions and politics and moves beyond warning...