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Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world
- Title
- Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world / Vinoth Ramachandra.
- Author
- Ramachandra, Vinoth.
- Publication
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- 296 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes.
- Contents
- Myths 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-5148
- ISBN
- 9780830828852 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0830828850 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008008911
- OCLC
- 213384808
- vendor
- Author
- Ramachandra, Vinoth.
- Title
- Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world / Vinoth Ramachandra.
- Imprint
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-5148