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Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world / Vinoth Ramachandra.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008.Description: 296 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780830828852 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0830828850 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.8 22
LOC classification:
  • HN 31 .R36 2008
Online resources:
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.
Item type: Books
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Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS HN 31 .R36 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA011552 Available AUA011552

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.