Subverting global myths / Ramachandra, Vinoth. 

Public ISBD Titre : Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ramachandra, Vinoth., Auteur Editeur : Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic Année de publication : ©2008 Importance : 296 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-8308-2885-2 Note générale : Includes bibliographical references and index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Religion and social problems Social problems--Moral and ethical aspects Résumé : "It is a myth that only the uninformed masses believe in myths and that power brokers, media moguls, leading scientists, financial tycoons, political luminaries and intellectual elites don't. The myths that the ruling classes believe may be more sophisticated, but they are myths nonetheless." "These public, large-scale narratives engage our imaginations and shape the way we experience the world. They are the stories Lire la suite... Note de contenu : 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. Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world [texte imprimé] / Ramachandra, Vinoth., Auteur . - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, ©2008 . - 296 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-8308-2885-2 Includes bibliographical references and index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Religion and social problems Social problems--Moral and ethical aspects Résumé : "It is a myth that only the uninformed masses believe in myths and that power brokers, media moguls, leading scientists, financial tycoons, political luminaries and intellectual elites don't. The myths that the ruling classes believe may be more sophisticated, but they are myths nonetheless." "These public, large-scale narratives engage our imaginations and shape the way we experience the world. They are the stories Lire la suite... Note de contenu : 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.

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