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Title Religion and human security : a global perspective / [edited by] James K. Wellman and Clark Lombardi.

Publication Info. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : illustrations
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Summary This volume of essays explores the long-unstudied relationship between religion and human security throughout the world. The essays show that religion can have positive as well as negative effects on human wellbeing.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : religion and human security : an understudied relationship / Clark B. Lombardi, James K. Wellman, Jr. -- Dance of desire in religion and human security / James K. Wellman, Jr. -- Janus-faced relation of religious actors and human security : Islamic and secular values in Turkey / Murat Somer -- Role of human security in the contest between the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood, 1980-2010 / Charles McDaniel -- Popular Muslim attitudes towards violent Islamic groups : the case of Pakistan / C. Christine Fair, Clarke Lombardi -- Networking through religion : the case of Malerkotla / Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa -- Indian Muslim leadership : predicaments and possibilities for human security / Rowena Robinson -- "A little with God is a lot" : popular religion and human security in the land of the Brazailian colonels / Jonathan Warren -- Interrogating human security and religion in Guatemala / C. Mathews Samson -- Striking a balance : Christianity and the challenges of long-term human security in Zimbabwe / Gladys Ganiel -- Beyond basic human security : the role of religious institutions in Angola / James Tiburcio -- In violence and in peace : the role of religion and human security in Northern Ireland / Emily Morrison Griffin -- Eastern Christianity and human security in postwar Europe / Lucian N. Leustean -- Washed by a deluge : the religious struggle for human security in Algeria and Poland / Sayres S. Rudy -- Soka Gakkai and human security / Daniel A. Métraux -- Postscript : lessons for policymakers about religion and human security / Jamkes K. Wellman Jr., Clarke B. Lombardi.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Security, International -- Religious aspects.
Security, International -- Religious aspects.
Religion and international relations.
Religion and international relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Wellman, James K., Jr.
Lombardi, Clark B.
Other Form: Print version: Religion and human security. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199827732 (DLC) 2011044293 (OCoLC)759695893
ISBN 9780199950553
0199950555
9780199827749 (electronic book)
0199827745 (electronic book)
9780199827732
0199827737
9780199827756
0199827753
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