Theology and the public issues shaping our world Ramachandra, Vinoth. creator text bibliography ilu Downers Grove, Ill IVP Academic c2008 2008 monographic eng

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296 p. ; 24 cm. 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. Vinoth Ramachandra. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes. Religion and social problems Social problems Moral and ethical aspects HN 31 .R36 2008 261.8 978-0830828852 (cloth : alk. paper) 0830828850 (cloth : alk. paper) 2008008911 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008008911.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008008911.html DLC 080226 20161014122350.0 15194288