MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008008911
003 DLC
005 20081128113657.0
008 080226s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008008911
020 $a9780830828852 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0830828850 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn213384808
035 $a(OCoLC)213384808
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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,$cc2008.
300 $a296 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes.
505 0 $aMyths 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.
650 0 $aReligion and social problems.
650 0 $aSocial problems$xMoral and ethical aspects.