World religions and cults

Table of Contents: “…Secular and atheisic religions : overview -- Atheism -- Agnosticism -- Secular humanism -- Nazism : a variant of secular humanism -- Scientology (Thetatism/Church of Scientology/Hubbardism) -- Communism : the failed social experiment -- Postmoderism -- Epicureanism and evolutionary religions -- Dualism and the types of religions -- Christian syncretism with evolution and other belief systems (Compromise) -- The religion of naturalism -- Materialism -- Empiricism -- Afterlife : "What must I do to be saved?" …”


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The Secularization of the academy

Table of Contents: “…Longfield -- Secularization and sacralization : speculations on some religious origins of the secular humanities curriculum, 1850-1900 / James Turner -- Faith and learning in the age of the university : the academic ministry of Daniel Coit Gilman / D.G. …”


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Censorship and selection : issues and answers for schools. by Reichman, Henry, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Sex Education. Violence. "Secular Humanism" and "New Age" Witchcraft and the Occult. …”


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Right-wing populism in America : too close for comfort by Berlet, Chip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 1: Rebellious colonizers: Bacon's rebellion and the American revolution -- 2: Real people: Antimasonry, Jacksonianism, and anti-Catholic nativism -- 3: Great mongrel military despotism: first Ku Klux Klan and the anti-Chinese crusade -- 4: Barbarians and plunder leagues: Theodore Roosevelt and the progressives -- 5: 100 percent Americanism: World War I-era repression and the second Ku Klux Klan -- 6: Industrialist as producer: Henry Ford's corporate empire -- 7: Driving out the money changers: fascist politics in the New Deal era -- 8: From New Deal to Cold War: political scapegoating and business conflict from the 1930s to the 1950s -- 9: Pillars of U S populist conspiracism: John Birch society and the liberty lobby -- 10: From old right to new right: Godless communism, civil rights, and secular humanism -- 11: Culture wars and political scapegoats: gender, sexuality, and race -- 12: Dominion theology and Christian nationalism: hard-line ideology versus pragmatism -- 13: New faces for white nationalism: reframing supremacist narratives -- 14: Battling the new world order: patriots and armed militias -- 15: Vast Clinton conspiracy machine: hard right on the center stage -- 16: New millennium: demonization, conspiracism, and scapegoating in transition -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix A: Sectors of the U S Right Active in the year 2000 -- Appendix B: Producerist narrative used in the right-wing populism -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.…”


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New dictionary of the history of ideas

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Greed, lust & gender : a history of economic ideas by Folbre, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…: Wealth demoralized ; The limits to growth ; Collective interests ; The corn laws ; Free trade ; Protectionism ; Selfish classes -- The social family : The social father ; The great dream ; Class and gender ; Owen's economics ; The appeal of one-half the human race ; Feminist socialism ; Utopian and scientific -- Equal opportunities : Napoleonic code ; Secular humanism ; The sexual radicals ; Le tribune des femmes ; The calculus of harmony ; The sexual welfare state ; Brook Farm ; Crazy attempts -- The subjection of women : The partnership ; The subjection of women ; Political activism ; A fundamental question -- Declaring independence : Peculiar institutions ; Equality and difference ; Collective interests ; The economic significance of family work ; Divorce and reproductive rights ; Balancing acts -- The icy waters : Revolutions ; Scientific self-interest ; The holy family ; The response to Bebel ; Bebel and social democracy ; The survival of the altruistic ; The free development of all -- The sacred sphere : Domestic advice ; The meaning of motherhood ; Neoclassical altruism ; Women's duties ; Virtue and consequences -- The unproductive housewife : Counting workers ; The U.S. and Massachusetts censuses ; A double bind ; Home economics and household production ; National income and the value of labor services ; The meaning of the adjectives -- The nanny state : Fear of fertility decline ; The family wage ; The Fabians ; The endowment of motherhood ; Minimum wages for women in the U.S. ; Birth control ; Sleeping Beauty awakes ; The glorious unfolding ; Public support and reproductive rights -- Human capitalism : Social welfare ; The opposite reaction ; Everyone a capitalist ; Capitalizing humans ; The altruistic family ; Families, gender inequality, and the state ; The third realm -- Beyond economic man : The waves ; Feminist economics ; Motivations ; Markets and non-markets ; The costs of care ; Gender norms ; Fairness, reciprocity, and care ; Gross national happiness ; Rational and caring people.…”


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Eastern religions and Western thought by Radhakrishnan, S. (Sarvepalli), 1888-1975

Table of Contents: “…The Greek spirit: science and rationalism, secular humanism and civic patriotism -- III. Medieval culture: Christian religion -- IV. …”


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Muslim and Christian understanding : theory and application of "a common word"

Table of Contents: “…Carlarne -- In pursuit of a "new secular" : human rights and "A Common Word" / Nicholas Adams -- Multiculturalism in Indonesia : human rights in practice / Harkristuti Harkrisnowo -- The "Common Word" development, and human rights : African and Catholic perspectives / Joseph M. …”


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Law, religion, constitution : freedom of religion, equal treatment, and the law

Table of Contents: “…Comparing law's social role in American and Western-European constitutional conflicts over abortion / Ofrit Liviatan -- Secular human rights, and religious pluralism : the British debate / Zachary R. …”


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The Christian challenge : a shortened version of On being a Christian by Küng, Hans, 1928-2021

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Modern man and mortality by Choron, Jacques

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NGOs and human rights : comparing faith-based and secular approaches by Butcher, Charity, 1976-, Hallward, Maia Carter, 1976-

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Gift of community : baptism and confirmation by Marsh, Thomas A.

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If God were a human rights activist by Santos, Boaventura de Sousa

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Ideas of order in the novels of Thomas Pynchon by Hite, Molly, 1947-

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