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Free Download Michael Stanislawski, "A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History"
English | ISBN: 069112843X | 2007 | 160 pages | PDF | 11 MB
How could a Jew kill a Jew for religious and political reasons? Many people asked this question after an Orthodox Jew assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Itshak Rabin in 1995. But historian Michael Stanislawski couldn’t forget it, and he decided to find out everything he could about an obscure and much earlier event that was uncannily similar to Rabin’s murder: the 1848 killing-by an Orthodox Jew-of the Reform rabbi of Lemberg (now L’viv, Ukraine). Eventually, Stanislawski concluded that this was the first murder of a Jewish leader by a Jew since antiquity, a prelude to twentieth-century assassinations of Jews by Jews, and a turning point in Jewish history. Based on records unavailable for decades,

Free Download Of Religion and Empire: Missions, Conversion, and Tolerance in Tsarist Russia By Robert P. Geraci, Michael Khodarkovsky
2001 | 281 Pages | ISBN: 0801433274 | PDF | 68 MB
Russia’s ever-expanding imperial boundaries encompassed diverse peoples and religions. Yet Russian Orthodoxy remained inseparable from the identity of the Russian empire-state, which at different times launched conversion campaigns not only to "save the souls" of animists and bring deviant Orthodox groups into the mainstream, but also to convert the empire’s numerous Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Catholics, and Uniates. This book is the first to investigate the role of religious conversion in the long history of Russian state building. How successful were the Church and the state in proselytizing among religious minorities? How were the concepts of Orthodoxy and Russian nationality shaped by the religious diversity of the empire? What was the impact of Orthodox missionary efforts on the non-Russian peoples, and how did these peoples react to religious pressure? In chapters that explore these and other questions, this book provides geographical coverage from Poland and European Russia to the Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, and Alaska.The editors’ introduction and conclusion place the twelve original essays in broad historical context and suggest patterns in Russian attitudes toward religion that range from attempts to forge a homogeneous identity to tolerance of complexity and diversity.Contributors: Eugene Clay, Arizona State University; Robert P. Geraci, University of Virginia; Sergei Kan, Dartmouth College; Agnes Kefeli, Arizona State University; Shoshana Keller, Colgate University; Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University, Chicago; John D. Klier, University College, London; Georg Michels, University of California, Riverside; Firouzeh Mostashari, Regis College; Dittmar Schorkowitz, Free University, Berlin; Theodore Weeks, Southern Illinois University; Paul W. Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Free Download A. Porter, "Religion Versus Empire?: British Protestant missionaries and overseas expansion, 1700-1914"
English | 2004 | pages: 394 | ISBN: 071902823X, 0719028221 | PDF | 73,6 mb
This is the only book that addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of studyby taking as its starting point the early eighteenth century Anglican initiatives in colonial North America and the Caribbean. It considers how the early societies of the 1790s built on this inheritance, and extended their own interests to the Pacific, India, the Far East, and Africa. Fluctuations in the vigour and commitment of the missions, changing missionary theologies, and the emergence of alternative missionary strategies, are all examined for their impact on imperial expansion.

Free Download Essays on Religion By Georg Simmel
1997 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 0300061102 | PDF | 8 MB
The noted German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel wrote a number of essays that deal directly with religion as a fundamental process in human life. These essays set forth Simmel’s mature reflections on religion and its relation to modernity, personality, art, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and science. They also include his views on methods in the study of religion …The noted German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel wrote a number of essays that deal directly with religion as a fundamental process in human life. These essays set forth Simmel’s mature reflections on religion and its relation to modernity, personality, art, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and science. They also include his views on methods in the study of religion and his thoughts on achieving a broader perspective on religion. Originally published between 1898 and 1918, the last twenty years of Simmel’s life, the essays are collected here in English for the first time.The essays provide an excellent picture of the development of the characteristic doctrines of Simmel’s thought as applied to religion, based on phenomenological analysis of human experience that emphasizes the subjective dimensions of life. The collection shows that Simmel was interested less in the forms that religions take than in what he calls a "particular spiritual quality" or "attitude of the soul"–a feeling of religiousness that precedes the forms of religion and may later be projected onto them. Viewing religion as primarily a quality of social relationships that can be analyzed in various contexts, Simmel makes a unique contribution to the sociological analysis of religion, as well as offering valuable insights for scientific consideration.

Free Download The Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion (Routledgecurzon Encyclopedias of Religion) by Ian Richard Netton
English | May 27, 2007 | ISBN: 0700715886 | 850 pages | PDF (Converted) | 9.50 Mb
The Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion provides scholarly coverage of the religion, culture and history of the Islamic world, at a time when that world is undergoing considerable change and is a focus of international study and debate.

Free Download Sebastian Kim, "Christianity as a World Religion: An Introduction Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1472569342 | 2016 | 362 pages | PDF | 42 MB
Now in its second edition, Christianity as a World Religion locates Christianity within its global context. Structured by geographical region, it covers Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania. It deals with four dimensions of Christianity in each context: Christian history, churches and society, interreligious relations, and distinctive worship and theology. Study questions and further reading suggestions are provided in each chapter. Fully updated throughout, this second edition now includes: – A new chapter covering Christianity in Oceania – Further analysis of the early growth of Christianity in Asia and Africa – Coverage of research trends in migration, theologies of prosperity, and the role of local agents in evangelization – Coverage of global interconnections and networks, new movements, global Catholicism, Christian political engagement and persecution of Christian communities – A thorough revision of the conclusion, including reflection on the discipline of world Christianity and its implications for theology – 40 images and maps – Chapter summaries – Extra resources online including a timeline and weblinks – New text design and layout, making the text more student-friendly and accessible

Free Download Philosophy and Religion in the West by Phillip Cary, The Great Courses
English | 2013 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00DTV23XO | MP3@192kbps | 16:36:52 | 1.38 Gb
Professor Cary explores thousands of years of deep reflection and brilliant debate over the nature of God, the human self, and the world in these 32 lectures. It’s a debate that serves as a vivid introduction to the rich and complex history shared by the West’s central religious and philosophical traditions.
Whether you’re a believer, a seeker, or both, you’ll find much to spark your deepest ponderings in these talks on the long and rich interplay between faith and reason. You’ll join Professor Cary on the fascinating search for answers about the similar questions philosophy and faith ask: What is the ultimate reality? What can we know, or what should we believe about it? To learn how these crucial issues have been discussed over the past three millennia is to enter the core of our intellectual heritage – to find the origin of some of our deepest perplexities and most cherished aspirations. It is a comprehensive journey – intellectually, philosophically, and spiritually – but one which requires no special background. By the end of these lectures, you’ll gain a new or sharpened fluency in issues that include the historical interaction between philosophical traditions (such as Platonism) and religious traditions (such as Judaism and Christianity); the synthesis of philosophy and religion that characterized the "classical theism" of the medieval period; the most prominent philosophical criticisms of religion; and the reasons why many religious thinkers of the 20th century are suspicious of the alliances between philosophy and religion.

Free Download Anna Tomaszewska, "Between Secularization and Reform Religion in the Enlightenment "
English | ISBN: 9004458719 | 2022 | 372 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The authors revisit the idea that Enlightenment spearheaded secularization. This book invites all to look at the Enlightenment religiosity as founded on a merger of religious criticism and heterodoxy.

Free Download Charles Taliaferro, "A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 150132523X | 2018 | 392 pages | PDF | 4 MB
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement.

Free Download Randolph Paul Runyon, "The Assault on Elisha Green: Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0813152380 | PDF | pages: 261 | 21.4 mb
On June 8, 1883, Rev. Elisha Green was traveling by train from Maysville to Paris, Kentucky. At Millersburg, about forty students from the Millersburg Female College crowded onto the train, accompanied by their music teacher, Frank L. Bristow, and the college president, George T. Gould. Gould grabbed the reverend by the shoulder and ordered him to give up his seat. When Green refused, Bristow and Gould assaulted him until the conductor intervened and ordered the assailants to stop or he would throw them off of the train. Friends advised Green to take legal action, and he did, winning his case against his assailants in March 1884, though with only token compensation. The significance of this case lies not only in the prevailing justice of the 1800s, but also in the fact that a black man won a lawsuit against two white men.