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James Luther Adams
James Luther Adams is a theologian, social ethicist, Unitarian Universalist pastor who is best known as an important interpreter and translator of...
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Introduction
This introductory chapter begins with a brief explanation of the rationale of this study and illustrates why the theme of civil disobedience was...
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Hinduism
Although a theoretical connection between radical theology and Hinduism is not immediately apparent, this chapter argues in support of such...
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Mysticism in Translation: Psychological Advances, Cautionary Tales
This study, which is intended to inform and guide at a “meta”-level, seeks to provide genealogical, historical, and methodological clarity vis-à-vis...
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Deconstruction: On Judaic Law and the Apocalypse of Language in Ben Marcus’ The Flame Alphabet
On Judaic law and the apocalypse of language in Ben Marcus’ The Flame Alphabet. The Judaic Diaspora. The Judaic Apocalypse in Joshua Cohen’s Witz....
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Thoreau’s Religious Response to Death
In his Discourses, Epictetus writes, “When death appears to be an evil, we must have ready at hand the argument that it is our duty to avoid evils,...
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Motherhood and the (In)vulnerability of the Imago Dei: Being Human in the Mystical-Political Cloud of Impossibility
Gandolfo draws on women’s diverse experiences of motherhood to argue that human beings are originally and inherently vulnerable, but that the imago...
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Living a Life of Consequence: How Not to Chase a Fake Rabbit
The New Testament scholar Fred Craddock tells the hyperbolic story of a conversation he had with an old racing greyhound. Craddock asks the greyhound...
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Racialization of Religion and Global Migration
In the global migration story, the arrival of a diverse group of migrants can trigger intense debates about how and where people are accommodated...
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Meeting of the Twain: Revivalism and Modernity
Both movements participate in modernist forms: a rationalist doctrine that is open to science, a romanticism of nature and the non-rational...
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Hegemony and Environment
Again from the corpo-spiritual or pagan idolatrous perspective on ethics, in the present chapter I wish to examine two key areas of contemporary...
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Hinduism and Globalization
Hinduism, a unified religious entity that boasts an extraordinary diversity in its beliefs and customs claims over 1.08 billion adherents (2007) or...
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Multifaith Responses to Global Risks
Since its inception at the first Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago in1893, the multifaith movement has been highly responsive to global...
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Religion Inscribed in the Landscape: Sacred Sites, Local Deities and Natural Resource Use in the Himalayas
Numerous indigenous religious traditions express connection between people and the spirit world. Such spiritual perspectives locate humans within...
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Golden States of Mind: A Geography of California Consciousness
We sketch out some of the main strands of religious innovation that weave together into what we call “California consciousness:” the often heterodox...
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Religious and Moral Hybridity of Vegetarian Activism at Farm Animal Sanctuaries
The origin of vegetarianism in the U.S. and the U.K. is tied strongly to Christian movements of the nineteenth century, but in recent decades...