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100 1 $aRamachandra, Vinoth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96107827
245 10 $aSubverting global myths :$btheology and the public issues shaping our world /$cVinoth Ramachandra.
260 $aDowners Grove, Ill. :$bIVP Academic,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $a296 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tMyths of Terrorism -- $tReaping the Whirlwind -- $tThe Globalization of Islamist Militancy -- $tDeconstructing the "War on Terror" -- $tApplying Just-War Reasoning -- $tNeeded: Humility and Courageous Imagination -- $g2.$tMyths of Religious Violence -- $tEscaping Parochialism -- $tThe Complexities of "Religious Violence" -- $tTwo Asian Case Studies -- $tAtheist Polemics and Collective Deception -- $tRecovering Christian Integrity -- $tMutual Criticism -- $g3.$tMyths of Human Rights -- $tThe Language of Rights -- $tQuestioning the Standard Liberal Story -- $tToward an Alternative Story -- $tIndividual Rights -- $tRelationality and Rights -- $tLegislating for Rights -- $tRecovering a Tradition -- $g4.$tMyths of Multiculturalism -- $tUnderstanding Cultures -- $tMulticultural Nationhood -- $tA Defense of Multicultural Society -- $tReconfiguring the Multicultural State -- $tSecularist Fundamentalism -- $tRights of Refugees and Asylees -- $tEthics of Freedom -- $g5.$tMyths of Science -- $tScience as Ideology -- $tTwo Widespread Myths -- $tScientific Research and Moral Responsibility -- $tGenetic Engineering -- $tThe Return of Eugenics -- $tPost/Transhumanism -- $tGods or Nothings: The False Choice -- $g6.$tMyths of Postcolonialism -- $tDecentering World History -- $tThe Colonial Legacy -- $tPostcolonialism -- $tToward a More Nuanced Understanding -- $tPostcolonialism and Resistance from the Margins -- $tSome Theological Reflections.
520 1 $a"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 that tell us what is important to know and how to live." "Subverting Global Myths takes up six areas of contemporary global discourse - terrorism, religious violence, human rights, multiculturalism, science and postcolonialism. Here powerful myths energize and mobilize considerable public funding as well as academic production." "Ramachandra draws at length on his own experience working among university students and professors against a backdrop of militant religious and secular ideologies in Sri Lanka, a country that has suffered from "terrorism" and a "war on terror" that has claimed over sixty thousand lives since the late 1970s and shows no signs of abating. Reflected as well is his experience of living and traveling extensively not only in the West but in several of the trouble spots of Asia today." "Those who care to explore reality rather than flip from one reality show to another will appreciate this invitation to subvert present reality in order to make way for another."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aReligion and social problems.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007883
650 0 $aSocial problems$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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