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The Role of Religion in Russia’s Ukraine War. Part 2: Developments and Perspectives
Religion and political spirituality play a core role in Russia’s Ukraine war. They serve as blueprints of justification and motivation, and in this...
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The Role of Religion in Russia’s Ukraine War. Part 1: A Map of the Situation
In Russia’s 2022 Ukraine war the role of religion is manifest in the “metaphysical” narratives anchoring (and feeding into) it, and – to that end –...
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On Religion and Social Criticism
In an effort to understand how religious ethicists carry the practice and tradition of social criticism forward, the contributors to this volume...
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Three Axial Ages of Religion, Law and Global Constitutionalism
The thesis is that there are three Axial Ages of Religion, Law and Global Constitutionalism. The paper explains the enduring importance of Jaspers'...
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Freedom of Religion and German Law Governing the Relationship Between Organised Religion and the State
The law regulating the relationship between organised religion and the state in Germany is closely connected with the freedom of religion as...
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The Concept of the Individual and Marx’s Philosophy
This chapter briefly comments on Marx’s concept of the individual. It focuses on two main tasks. First, it assesses the role of the concept of the...
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Disappearing Act: The Trick Philosophy of Woody Allen
Woody Allen’s trick philosophy puts the greatest magician to shame. Allen’s factoring philosophy relies on phenomenological false moves to make God,...
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Civil Religion as a Replacement or Even “End of Religion”?
When it comes to civil religion as one important “social kit” of globalized societies, paradoxa between the two pillars of global democracy—both...
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Values Education, Politics and Religion
Values are controversial and the discourse on values is a discourse on crisis. Simultaneously, it becomes clear that values must also be learned....
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A Threatened Identity in Chinland of Burma/Myanmar: A Glimpse of Freedom of Religion and Belief
Freedom of Religion and Belief covers theistic, non-theistic, and atheistic beliefs and the right not to profess any religion or belief. Religion, in...
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The Religion-State Relation as Problem and Prospect
In the bygone era of traditional world, religion implicitly or explicitly served as an all-encompassing canopy under which every aspect of social...
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Digital Authoritarianism and Religion in Democratic Polities of the Global South
This chapter introduces the concept of digital authoritarianism, discusses the relevant literature, and identifies the significant gap in the...
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Karl Marx and the Critique of Bourgeois Philosophy
Marx investigated the bourgeois mindset shared by modern philosophy and economics. From Hegel, Marx inherits the importance of action and critique of...
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Mao Zedong’s Philosophy and Thought: Pitfalls of His “Contradiction” and “Practice” Theories
To understandContradiction\"On Mao Zedong’s ideology (Maoism)Maoism and actions, it is essential to delve into his philosophy. His two major...
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Bacon’s Transformation of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Education of Bacon
This essay discusses Bacon’s attempt to transform the way we think about philosophy and education in The Advancement of Learning. Bacon aimed to...
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Engels and the End of Philosophy
This chapter offers a systematic explanation of Engels’s thought on “the end of philosophy.” His philosophical thought consists of two theoretical...
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Marx, Critique, Religion
This chapter focuses on the category of critique as this was taken over by Marx from his idealist philosophical predecessors. Adopting a genealogical...
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State-Religion Separation Among Muslims in Turkey: Theory and Empirical Findings
Ideological coherence and harmony among members of a multi-cultural and pluralist society are fundamental for individuals to feel at peace. However,...
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Religious Freedom and the Relationship Between State and Religion
With regard to the relationship between state and church/religion, each country is a special case, for which there are historical reasons. In Europe,...