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This volume explores the churches of Ukraine and their involvement in the recent movement for social justice and dignity within the country. In November of 2013, citizens of Ukraine gathered on Kyiv's central square (Maidan) to protest against a government that had reneged on its promise to sign a trade agreement with Europe. The Euromaidan protest included members of various Christian churches in Ukraine, who stood together and demanded government accountability and closer ties with Europe. In response, state forces massacred over one hundred unarmed civilians. The atrocity precipitated a rapid sequence of events: the president fled the country, a provisional government was put in place, and Russia annexed Crimea and intervened militarily in eastern Ukraine. An examination of Ukrainian churches’ involvement in this protest and the fall-out that it inspired opens up other questions and discussions about the churches’ identity and role in the country’s culture and its social and political history. Volume contributors examine Ukrainian churches’ historical development and singularity; their quest for autonomy; their active involvement in identity formation; their interpretations of the war and its causes; and the paths they have charted toward peace and unity. .

Religion and state. --- Ukraine --- Church history. --- State and religion --- State, The --- Religious aspects --- Religion and sociology. --- Russia-Politics and government. --- Religion and Society. --- Russian and Post-Soviet Politics. --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Russia—Politics and government.

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A celebrated theologian explores how the greatest dangers to humanity, as well as the greatest promises for human flourishing, are at the intersection of religion and globalization More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of industry bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way to the inner longings of our hearts. Integral to both globalization and religions are compelling, overlapping, and sometimes competing visions of what it means to live well. In this perceptive, deeply personal, and beautifully written book, a leading theologian sheds light on how religions and globalization have historically interacted and argues for what their relationship ought to be. Recounting how these twinned forces have intersected in his own life, he shows how world religions, despite their malfunctions, remain one of our most potent sources of moral motivation and contain within them profoundly evocative accounts of human flourishing. Globalization should be judged by how well it serves us for living out our authentic humanity as envisioned within these traditions. Through renewal and reform, religions might, in turn, shape globalization so that can be about more than bread alone.

Religion and sociology. --- 316:2 --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- Godsdienstsociologie --- Religion and sociology --- Globalization --- Religion and state. --- Spiritual life. --- Life, Spiritual --- Religious life --- Spirituality --- State and religion --- State, The --- Religious aspects. --- Religious aspects --- Religion and state

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Religious discrimination is the norm in many countries around the world, and the rate is rising. Nearly every country which discriminates does so unequally, singling out some religious minorities for more discrimination than others. Religious tradition does not explain this complex issue. For example, Muslim majority states include both the most discriminatory and tolerant states in the world, as is also the case with Christian majority states. Religious ideologies, nationalism, regime, culture, security issues, and political issues are also all part of the answer. In The Unfree Exercise of Religion Jonathan Fox examines how we understand concepts like religious discrimination and religious freedom, and why countries discriminate. He makes a study of religious discrimination against 597 religious minorities in 177 countries between 1990 and 2008. While 29 types of discrimination are discussed in this book, the most common include restrictions in places of worship, proselytizing, and religious education.

Freedom of religion. --- Religious discrimination. --- Religious minorities. --- Religion and state. --- State and religion --- State, The --- Minorities --- Discrimination --- Freedom of religion --- Freedom of worship --- Intolerance --- Liberty of religion --- Religious freedom --- Religious liberty --- Separation of church and state --- Freedom of expression --- Liberty --- Religious aspects --- Law and legislation

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Social equality of religion or belief protects individuals against discrimination related to their religious identity. It also requires the state to treat all religions and non-religious belief systems in a similar fashion, and to be even-handed in its treatment of religious identity, compared with other identities of gender, sexuality, race, disability or social caste. It is clear, fair, firm and flexible in its approach, and its principles can be applied to economic, legal, political or cultural issues. It offers to promote the integration of different religious communities within a liberal framework of equality and human rights. This book brings together a distinguished group of academics and practitioners to discuss the pros and cons of this approach, and its influence to date on a wide range of issues concerning religion's relation to the state both in Europe and in North and South America.

Religion. --- Religion and sociology. --- Religion --- Social sciences --- Religious Studies. --- Religion and Society. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Social Aspects of Religion. --- Social Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Religion and state. --- Liberalism --- Democracy --- Social aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- Religion, Primitive --- State and religion --- State, The --- Religious aspects --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Religion—Philosophy. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Sociology of Religion. --- Social philosophy --- Social theory

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'In Religion and the Making of Nigeria', Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria’s social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today’s northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria’s independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram.

Religion and state --- Church and state --- Islam and state --- Political culture --- 966.9 --- Culture --- Political science --- Mosque and state --- State and Islam --- State, The --- Ummah (Islam) --- Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State and religion --- 966.9 Geschiedenis van Nigeria, Biafra --- Geschiedenis van Nigeria, Biafra --- History. --- Religious aspects. --- Religious aspects --- History --- Hausa–Fulani --- Muslims --- Nigeria --- Nigerians --- Northern Region --- Sharia --- Yoruba people