Religiøse og teokratiske ideologier

Den islamiske verden er i stigende grad præget af krig, terror, økonomisk misvækst og manglende demokrati. Kvinder, homoseksuelle og religiøse mindretal undertrykkes og forfølges. Stadig flere muslimer flygter derfor til Vesten, hvor integrationen af dem ofte fører til nye konflikter. Hvad er grunden til den elendige forfatning, ”Islams Hus” befinder sig i?Den hollandske sociolog Ruud Koopmans fremlægger i bogen resultaterne af den mest omfattende indsamling hidtil af statistisk materiale og andre facts og foretager den første sammenligning på empirisk grundlag af muslimske og ikke-muslimske lande og migrantgrupper verden over.Han når frem til, at en stor del af problemerne skyldes de fundamentalistiske strømninger i islam, som har bredt sig de seneste 40 år og i dag holder en stor del af den islamiske verden i et kvælertag.Koopmans mener ikke, at problemerne er uløselige, men det vil kræve et opgør med fundamentalismen, hvis udviklingen i de islamiske lande skal vendes.Bogen er derfor en forfriskende modvægt til såvel dem, der mener, at islam ikke kan reformeres, og som ser alt islamisk som problematisk, som dem, der på den anden side giver Vesten skylden for problemerne på grund af imperialisme, racisme og de krige, vestlige lande har været involveret i.Sagt om bogen:Netmediet Pio:"Bogen er datatung, men velskrevet og flydende i sproget. Den bør være pligtlæsning for alle, der for alvor ønsker at beskæftige sig med drøftelsen af integration i Europa."Fagbladet Religion:"Bogen er et must for alle religionslærere - og den er fyldt med statistikker, som er lige til at bruge ..."Ayaan Hirsi Ali:”Et standardværk for alle, der beskæftiger sig med udfordringerne i den islamiske verden og integrationen af muslimer i Europa.”

Om litteratur, religion, tro, ytringsfrihed, konservatisme og kærlighed. I denne bog beskæftiger den franske forfatter Michel Houellebecq sig direkte med de emner, der altid har optaget ham. Her forklarer og perspektiverer han de positioner og holdninger, vi kender ham for, og som både provokerer og stimulerer. Bogen rummer desuden en række personlige samtaler og interviews, som giver et interessant og tankevækkende indblik i Houellebecqs overvejelser om sit eget forfatterskab, om inspirationskilderne og bevæggrundene til at skrive. Det er underholdende og oplysende læsning, og for de fleste vil der nok være et par overraskelser undervejs.

Paris 2022. Litteraturprofessoren François lever et liv med færdigretter, købesex og halvhjertede forhold til yngre kvindelige studerende. Det eneste han for alvor går op i er den dekadente forfatter Huysman, som han har skrevet afhandling om. Men med det forestående præsidentvalg begynder hans liv lige så stille at kæntre. For at undgå at det højreekstremistiske parti Front National kommer til magten går de øvrige partier i koalition med Det Muslimske Broderskab, og den karismatiske Mohammed Ben Abbes indsættes som landets nye præsident. Han indfører sharia-light, og efterhånden begynder det franske samfund at ændre sig: Kvinderne trækker sig fra arbejdsmarkedet, arbejdsløsheden falder markant og de universitetsansatte konverterer til islam - og også François må tage sit liv op til revision.

Allahs fængsel er en dramatisk selvbiografi om en ung muslims vej væk fra islam til at blive ateist – og den høje pris, han måtte betale. Det er den første bog på dansk om emnet, og en af de første i det hele taget. 26-årige palæstinensiske Waleed al-Husseini er i dag en fri mand. Men friheden har kostet ham dyrt. I 2010 blev han fængslet af det palæstinensiske selvstyre på Vestbredden, anklaget for at forlade islam og blive ateist. Han sad fængslet i over 7 måneder og blev tortureret. Som blogger havde al-Husseini siden teenageårene skrevet religionskritiske tekster med fordømmelser af, hvad han ser som tilbagestående, voldelige og kvindefjendske måder at praktisere islam på. Men i de palæstinensiske selvstyreområder kan man ikke bare forlade Islam. al-Husseini blev dæmoniseret og fremstillet som "Offentlighedens Værste Fjende". I Allahs fængsel fortæller han om sin vej væk fra islam, om at blive udstødt af familie og venner og om sit langvarige, smertefulde ophold i palæstinensiske fængsler, hvor han blev udsat for både fysisk og psykisk tortur, før han efter internationalt pres fik asyl i Frankrig. Allahs fængsel, der længe lå på de franske bestsellerlister, er et stærkt og reflekteret personligt vidnesbyrd fra en trodsig og uforfærdet rebel. Waleed al-Husseini fortæller levende om livet i et samfund, der er paralyseret af indre og ydre konflikter, et korrupt magtapparat og en religion, der spiller en altdominerende rolle i hverdagen. Bogen er samtidig et flammende forsvar for oplysningstidens idealer fra en ung mand, der trods omgivelsernes overvældende modstand insisterer på at være fritænker og på at fastholde sin kamp for retten til ytringsfrihed og religionskritik.

Broderisme er en islamistisk ideologi, der er vokset ud af Det Muslimske Broderskab, og som har opnået en betydelig magtstilling i Europas islamiske landskab. I bogen beskriver den franske antropolog Florence Bergeaud-Blackler broderismens ideologi, udvikling og opbygning. Der er tale om et intellektuelt politisk-religiøst projekt, som har til formål at etablere en islamisk verden. Det sker ikke kun, når de troende låses stadig mere fast i en muslimsk identitet, hvor broderismens halal- og haram-system har indflydelse på stadig flere dele af livet. Broderismen er også et handlingssystem, hvor tro og spiritualitet udleves i form af en politisk aktivisme, som promoverer kønsopdeling, halalmad og bederum, som stempler enhver kritik af islam og islamisme som ’islamofobi’, og som skal gøre Europa sharia-kompatibelt. Bogen er resultatet af mange års antropologisk feltarbejde i muslimske miljøer i Frankrig kombineret med et kritisk nærstudium af broderismens førende ideologer og nøgletekster. Forfatteren udpeger og afdækker broderismens organisatoriske netværk, og hun dokumenterer grundigt, hvordan broderismen systematisk har infiltreret centrale statslige og ikke-statslige institutioner, så dens indflydelse i dag når ind i hjertet af de vestlige samfund. Florence Bergeaud-Blackler afdækker en bevægelse, der er opsat på at islamisere ikke-muslimske lande igennem en strategi, der omfatter så forskellige områder som økonomi, uddannelse og økologi, og som undergraver menneskerettigheder og ‘islamiserer’ viden. Og afdækker, hvordan ideologiens tankegods spredes blandt menige muslimer, der ofte uforvarende bliver en del af denne bevægelse.Om forfatteren: Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, f. 1964 i Bordeaux, er fransk antropolog og forsker tilknyttet CNRS, det nationale franske forskningsinstitut. Hendes speciale er islamisk normpres i sekulariserede samfund, islamistiske indoktrineringsmetoder, halalmarkedet og Det Muslimske Broderskabs voksende indflydelse i Europa. Hendes bog om broderismen toppede i 2023 de franske bestsellerlister, skabte intens debat og fik den fornemme franske pris ”Prix Science et laicité”. Men den medførte også dødstrusler mod forfatteren, der i perioder måtte leve med politibeskyttelse.

"The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement."--Publisher's description.

In a world shaken by ecological, economic and political crises, the forces of authoritarianism and reaction seem to have the upper hand. How should we name, map and respond to this state of affairs?

My purpose here is exclusively to help you focus your mentality on this specific kingdom blueprint of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of Christ, that is buried within the Word of God, and bring to light the kingdom principles that are already embedded within you, the king heirs.The objective now is to activate the development of unified kingdom leadership.Today the spoken word and Jesus' works of power were behind man's spiritual creation and is the perfect introduction of mankind into His GodHead. This power is the wisdom of God and is the greater works needed to be exercised by king heirs. It will bring awareness about their hidden treasure and our unlimited potential to demonstrate it in the world. King heirs are endowed with this spoken power to be exerted through the free enterprise system as substrate operations within the marketplace. Being properly positioned in the marketplace is key to raising the leadership foundations for multiple generations (both vertically and horizontally) of young professional adults all within our lifetime.

A powerful, next-generation manifesto declaring that the future prosperity and ultimate fate of Western civilization is dependent upon the security and thriving of the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel—that the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland demands a distinctly realist foreign policy and tight-knit US-Israel relations.

Are there degrees of coincidence? Is it poor hygiene to "double dip" a chip? Is it appropriate to say "God bless you" to a woman who sneezes if her husband does not? If you named a kid Rasputin, do you think that would have a negative effect on his life? For nine seasons, the Seinfeld gang engaged in argument and debate over such weighty matters of etiquette, leaving no stone unturned, no double-dipped chip ignored, no exposed nipple on a greeting card unexamined. But Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer were hardly the first to do this. In fact, they built their comedy around the sort of discussions we can find in the greatest collection of texts in the Jewish religion: The Babylonian Talmud. Like the eminent Rabbis of ancient Israel and Babylon, the Seinfeld gang spent their days poring over the excruciating minutiae of every single event imaginable. Seinfeld is the Jewish Talmud of a new generation. Thus does Jarrod Tanny bring you the The Seinfeld Talmud - Seinfeld as analyzed by the Sages of the Near East who gave us the illustrious Talmud, which, depending on whom you ask, is either the most comprehensive body of Jewish law ever produced or thousands of pages about nothing. This parodic take on Seinfeld through the lens of Jewishness will appeal to Seinfeld aficionados and anyone interested in the remarkable role Jewish culture has played in shaping American entertainment. Come join the masters of Judaic Law on their quest to master Seinfeld's domain.

Piracy flourished in the caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as port royal in jamaica, tortuga in haiti, and nassau in the bahamas.Inspired by notions of self-government, they established a crude but distinctive form of democracy in the bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which indentured servants were released and leaders chosen or deposed by a vote. Discover a plethora of topics such asWhen pirates owned the seasThe roots of piracyThe original pirates of the caribbeanThe pirate roundPiracy after the spanish war of successionThe pirates of the barbary coastThe modern-day piratesAnd much more!This unique book seamlessly weaves together history, adventure, and intrigue, delivering a comprehensive and accurate portrayal of pirates and their enduring legacy. Experience the thrill of pirate lore without the distractions of illustrations or visual aids-this text-only masterpiece allows your imagination to run wild as you envision the daring escapades and untamed characters that define the world of piracy.

Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM Journal) is a biannual (not-for-profit) peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices. SHERM is dedicated to the critical and scholarly inquiry of historical and contemporary religious phenomena, both from within particular religious traditions and across cultural boundaries, so as to inform the broader socio-historical analysis of religion and its related fields of study. The purpose of SHERM Journal is to provide a scholarly medium for the social-scientific study of religion where specialists can publish advanced studies on religious trends, theologies, rituals, philosophies, socio-political influences, or experimental and applied ministry research in the hopes of generating enthusiasm for the vocational and academic study of religion while fostering collegiality among religion specialists. Its mission is to provide academics, professionals, and nonspecialists with critical reflections and evidence-based insights into the socio-historical study of religion and, where appropriate, its implications for ministry and expressions of religiosity.¿

A pioneer of the “exvangelical” movement examines how toxic right-wing beliefs took over American Christianity—and why people are leaving the church and speaking out against itWith the rise of Trumpism, the American evangelical movement has more political influence than ever—yet at the same time, people are leaving Christianity in record numbers. Why are so many people walking away from the right-wing religion they were raised in, and what are they doing to overcome the past?Writer and podcaster Blake Chastain is uniquely positioned to understand this phenomenon. Raised evangelical, he went to a Christian college intending to become a pastor—until he found himself unable to reconcile his faith with the prejudice and even abuse he saw being done in God’s name. He created the popular hashtag #exvangelical and the hit podcast of the same name, and soon became part of a growing movement of people walking away from toxic religion and using the unique tools of the internet to speak out, find healing, and build new communities.In Exvangelical and Beyond, Chastain delves into evangelicalism’s deep roots in American politics and society, and explains why and how so many Christians—and ex-Christians—are forging a new path online. Blending history, personal narrative, and incisive analysis, this is a must-read for anyone who has left the church, is deconstructing their own faith, or simply wants to understand religious culture in America.

Traces changing visions of mystical power and authority on the island of Pemba, whose people's reputed resistance to outside rule has shaped the national narratives of both Zanzibar and Tanzania.

When charismatic believers wage spiritual battles, ideas can take tangible form. With scholarly precision and narrative force, religion scholar Matthew D. Taylor makes intelligible the language, leaders, and symbols of the New Apostolic Reformation, which has galvanized support for Trump and far-right leaders around the world.

"A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world"--

"In 1925, hundreds of people descended on the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, where a young schoolteacher named John T. Scopes was put on trial for including a reference to evolution in his teaching. Darwin's concept that species evolved over time through natural selection was misunderstood as challenging the Bible, faith in God, and as suggesting that men were descended from monkeys. Two legendary men, Clarence Darrow for the defense, and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution, drew massive crowds in a trial that quickly became a circus-like media sensation. Darrow argued for individual freedom including in religion and education, and Bryan argued from a fundamentalist Christian perspective that evolution undermined faith in God and the literal truth of the Bible. Acclaimed historian Brenda Wineapple brings to vivid life the entirety of this dramatic and colorful period that exposed foundation divisions in America across race, class, and religion. Bryan had run several times, unsuccessfully, for President, and his political efforts and ambitions, vividly chronicled in this book, culminated in Dayton. Darrow was a leader of the ACLU and known as a fervent defender of laborers, and his long history of legal defense in matters of individual rights also reached its apogee in this trial of the century. In his defense of Scopes and the First Amendment protection of individual liberty, Darrow said: 'No subject possesses the minds of men like religious bigotry, and hate, and these fires are being lighted today in America.'"--

Does religion (any religion) provide economic benefit to Australian society?Sociological research has demonstrated the obvious but ignored connection between religious altruism and private philanthropy. But the question whether religiously observant people volunteer and donate more to general charity (not their own churches) than non-believers has never been answered in Australia. This book explains a research project initiated by an interfaith economic think tank at the offices of Deloitte Access Economics (Deloitte) in Sydney in 2012. Building upon the preliminary advice of Professor Ram Cnaan at the University of Pennsylvania, following that 2012 meeting Deloitte prepared a scoping study identifying the kind of research that was missing in Australia. A follow-on academic conference at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne in 2013 recommended to the newly created SEIROS (the Study of the Economic Impact of Religion on Society) interfaith board that they should initiate the "Contributing to Australian Society Survey" and the research project was born.Deloitte's initial analysis of the Survey data showed that the 3% of Australian society that convert to religious observance as adults, contributed nearly half a billion dollars more to the 2017 Australian economy than they would have if they had not converted. With a grant from the federal Department of Social Security in 2018, SEIROS then commissioned Agape Economics to identify how much more was contributed by those who were religiously observant throughout their lives. Read this book to find the answer to that question.CONTENTSIntroduction - Philip Hughes and A. Keith Thompson1. Literature Review on the Impact of Religion on Quality of Life. Professor Ram Cnaan2. The Economic Impact of Religious Activities - Scoping Study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Deloitte Access Economics3. Contributing to Australian Society - Survey Questions. Christian Research Association4. Economic Value of Donating and Volunteering Behaviour Associated with Religiosity. Deloitte Access Economics5. Impact of Religion on Society. Philip Hughes6. The Economic Impact of Religious Volunteering and Donation. A. Keith Thompson7. Measuring the Economic Impact of Religiosity in Australia. Brendan Long8. Measuring the Economic Impact of Religious Persons Associated with Volunteering and Donation Behaviour. Agape Economics9. Executive Summary: Measuring the Economic Impact of Religious Persons Associated with Volunteering and Donation Behaviour. SEIROS (Gawaine Powell Davies, Brendan Long and A. Keith Thompson)

¿Qué nos depara el futuro? ¿Se dirige esta nación a una calamidad? ¿O acaso será todo el mundo? ¿Y qué necesitas saber para sobrevivir, mantenerte firme y prevalecer en los días venideros? El manifiesto de Josías te llevará en un viaje profético desde una isla del Caribe a Washington DC --la capital de Estados Unidos--. ¡Y mucho, mucho más!

L'objet du présent ouvrage est donc de poursuivre l'enquête que j'ai commencée dans Révolution mondiale, en retraçant le cheminement des idées révolutionnaires à travers les sociétés secrètes depuis les temps les plus reculés, en n'indiquant le rôle des Juifs que là où il est clairement décelable, mais en ne cherchant pas à les impliquer là où il n'y a pas de preuves suffisantes. C'est pourquoi je ne baserai pas mes affirmations sur des ouvrages simplement "antisémites", mais principalement sur les écrits des Juifs eux-mêmes. De même, en ce qui concerne les sociétés secrètes, je m'appuierai autant que possible sur les documents et les aveux de leurs membres, point sur lequel j'ai pu recueillir un grand nombre de données nouvelles qui corroborent entièrement ma thèse précédente. Il doit être entendu que je ne me propose pas de faire une histoire complète des sociétés secrètes, mais seulement des sociétés secrètes dans leurs rapports avec le mouvement révolutionnaire. Je n'essaierai donc pas de décrire les théories de l'occultisme ni d'enquêter sur les secrets de la franc-maçonnerie, mais simplement de relater l'histoire de ces systèmes afin de montrer la manière dont ils ont été utilisés dans un but subversif. Si je ne parviens pas à convaincre les incrédules de l'existence de forces secrètes de révolution, ce ne sera pas faute de preuves.

Nigeria presents an enthralling case study for understanding developing architypes in interreligious encounters in Africa. The global community needs a cultural understanding and sensitivity for productive engagement with the Arab and non-Arab Muslim world. The Nigeria religious exigencies provide a requisite intelligence into the challenges facing a global community seeking to foster peace. Without a domain of tolerance, love, equity and justice, Nigeria will continually be immured by pessimism, parochialism, cynicism and mutual suspicion. Despite being the largest economy in Africa and the most populous Black country, Nigeria demonstrates incessantly an uncommon fault-line between Christianity and Islam.The significance of this goes beyond the borders of Nigeria but has become a global showcase anywhere the two religions exist contemporaneously. Nigeria is the nexus between west and central Africa. Rooted in the dusty Sahel of the north, the savannah plains, the rich rainforests of the Atlantic coast, the rocky hills of the West, and the oil-filled swamps of the Delta. Nigeria is the beauty, sound, vision, passion and the soul of the African continent.In Nigeria, the Nigeria Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement possesses a distinctive flair that demands a holistic understanding of the movement's historical, cultural, fundamental and religious dimensions in a multifarious religious landscape. The disquisition of the movement's political cognizance, identity, power, authority, theology, popular culture, ethics and missiological impact in northern Nigeria presents a fine embroidery of their trials, frustrations and challenges, but inveterate in faith, hope and love that opens up innovative panoramas of peaceful dialogical prospects and coexistence between Christians and Muslims in northern Nigeria.In Nigeria - Politics, Religion, Pentecostal-Charismatic Power and Challenges, Akintayo Emmanuel reconnoiters the complex missiological hindrances challenging the Nigerian Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement. Their contextual missional landslide disheveled with complicated paradoxes in the way the Christian majority have responded to Muslims in northern Nigeria is anatomized. The Nigerian Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement's puissance to solve some of Nigeria political, ideological, cultural and spiritual dimensions of crisis and sectarian violence is achievable if the movement can mitigate her missiological hindrances.The responses of Nigerian Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement to Nigeria's socio-political and ethno-religious complexities can construct a great future for the soul of Nigeria. They do not only have the capacity to provide the Christian alternatives to Nigeria's peculiarities, they can also stimulate Nigeria's deification among other nations by continuing to dis...

In this book, the focus is on five Asian countries/regions (Iran, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan) that show distinct approaches to combating infections. It specifically examines how the recent pandemic arose stigma in the context of history and sociocultural relations, how it is discussed and problematized among locals, and how disparate institutions and individuals mobilized to address it. A global comparative analysis across Greater Asia is presented in this book through the contributions of experts from multiple fields who have researched extensively in each region.

Discover the enigmatic world of Chabad Lubavitch - a journey into the heart of a rapidly growing and explosively influential branch of Orthodox Jews. In Inside Chabad Lubavitch: Who are the explosively growing branch of Orthodox Jews? What do they want? How are they getting it? A case study in Argentina, A.J. Soifer, Ph.D., delivers an investigative tour de force, delving into the heart of a movement that has intrigued and puzzled in equal measure. Through meticulous research and incisive journalism, the author unravels the layers of this dynamic community to reveal the complexities, motivations, and impacts that lie beneath the surface.Within these pages, you'll uncover:Decoding Chabad Lubavitch: Venture into the heart of a movement that defies convention. Explore its origins, doctrines, and rapid global expansion, all while asking the crucial questions: What drives their unparalleled growth? What motivates them? How are they achieving their messianic goals?Behind Closed Doors: Peel back the layers of secrecy that have shrouded Chabad Lubavitch. Through on-the-ground reporting, gain insights into their organizational strategies, outreach methods, and the intricate web of connections that sustain their influence.Stories of Transformation: Through intimate interviews and personal accounts, witness the profound impact of Chabad Lubavitch on individual lives. Unearth stories of empowerment, faith, and unexpected journeys of self-discovery.Inside Chabad Lubavitch: Who are the explosively growing branch of Orthodox Jews? What do they want? How are they getting it? A case study in Argentina provides unprecedented access to the inner workings of Chabad Lubavitch. Focused on their presence in Argentina, this illuminating investigation transcends borders, offering a compelling case study that resonates with the broader world.

Part intellectual history and part nuanced argument for change, this book explores how and why the question of what defines Christianity has become so vexing over the past century, and how believers could think differently about it in the future.