02722cam a2200325 a 4500 15194288 20161014122350.0 080226s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng 2008008911 978-0830828852 (cloth : alk. paper) 0830828850 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn213384808 (OCoLC)213384808 DLC DLC BTCTA HN 31 .R36 2008 261.8 22 Ramachandra, Vinoth. Subverting global myths: Theology and the public issues shaping our world. Vinoth Ramachandra. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008. 296 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes. 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. Religion and social problems. Social problems Moral and ethical aspects. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008008911.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 32411 32411 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2016-10-14 DON 2016-14237 0 HN 31 .R36 2008 2016-1172 2016-10-14 00:00:00 C1 2016-10-14 BK