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020 _a9780830828852 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aRamachandra, Vinoth.
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245 1 0 _aSubverting global myths :
_btheology and the public issues shaping our world /
_cVinoth Ramachandra.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Academic,
_cc2008.
300 _a296 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes.
505 0 _aMyths of terrorism -- Reaping the whirlwind -- The globalization of Islamist militancy -- Deconstructing the "war on terror" -- Applying just-war reasoning -- Needed : humility and courageous imagination -- Myths of religious violence -- Escaping parochialism -- The complexities of "religious violence" -- Two Asian case studies -- Atheist polemics and collective deception -- Recovering Christian integrity -- Mutual criticism -- Myths of human rights -- The language of rights -- Questioning the standard liberal story -- Toward an alternative story -- Individual rights -- Relationality and rights -- Legislating for rights -- Recovering a tradition -- Myths of multiculturalism -- Understanding cultures -- Multicultural nationhood -- A defense of multicultural society -- Reconfiguring the multicultural state -- Secularist fundamentalism -- Rights of refugees and asylees -- Ethics of freedom -- Myths of science -- Science as ideology -- Two widespread myths -- Scientific research and moral responsibility -- Genetic engineering -- The return of eugenics -- Post/transhumanism -- Gods or nothings : the false choice -- Myths of postcolonialism -- Decentering world history -- The colonial legacy -- Postcolonialism -- Toward a more nuanced understanding -- Postcolonialism and resistance from the margins -- Some theological reflections.
650 0 _aReligion and social problems.
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650 0 _aSocial problems
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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658 _aReligion
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008008911.html
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