MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02038nam a22002418a 4500
001 2008008911
003 DLC
005 20080312121517.0
008 080226s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008008911
020 $a9780830828852 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHN31$b.R36 2008
082 00 $a261.8$222
100 1 $aRamachandra, Vinoth.
245 10 $aSubverting global myths :$btheology and the public issues shaping our world /$cVinoth Ramachandra.
260 $aDowners Grove, Ill. :$bIVP Academic,$c2008.
263 $a0807
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMyths of terrorism -- 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" -- 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 -- Widespread myths -- Scientific research and moral responsibility -- Genetic engineering -- The return of eugenics -- Post/transhumanism -- Gods or nothings : the false choice -- Myths of postcolonialism -- The colonial legacy -- Postcolonialism -- Toward a more nuanced understanding -- Postcolonialism and resistance from the margins -- Some theological reflections.
650 0 $aReligion and social problems.
650 0 $aSocial problems$xMoral and ethical aspects.