RELIGIONS FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION – INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FROM SUBALTERN PERSPECTIVES
Written in a lucid style, this work draws inspiration from Vevekananda and from contemporary grassroot thinkers to tell us that the vocation of every religion is to be a force of transformation. This is a very commendable book, bridging religion and society in positive and constructive fashion.
RELIGIONS, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
The present work titled “Religions, Ecology, and Environment” is helpful to those who believe that their religion has relevance in moulding human minds and hearts regarding the question of our habitat, the living and the non-living. As Prof. Sullivan points out, we cannot ignore religion because religion explores the “essential wellsprings of human motivation and concern that shape the world as we know it. No understanding of the environment is adequate without a grasp of the religious life that constitutes the human societies which saturate the natural environment.
RELIGIOUS DEMOGRAPHY OF INDIA: Myths and Realities
Edited by Lancy Lobo and Jayesh Shah
Much of public life in India is characterized by the forces of its religious demography. This volume aims at unravelling its complexity. Each of these essays reflect the truism that religion unites as well as divides peoples. Religious demography not only decided partition of India and Pakistan, but also continues to play a major role in India’s democratic politics.
The subject has become more emotional especially in the context of electoral politics. A great anxiety about the Hindus being outnumbered has been kept alive in India, especially before the elections. The differential growth rates of religious communities have therefore become a sensitive issue. It is an established fact that there is an illicit dramatization of misrepresented statistics of the Census. Data on population has been especially ‘used’ to generate ‘nationalism’. Newspapers, magazines, television and even caste journals have propounded myths, with catchy titles. This volume tries to probe into these myths and realities.
RELIGIOUS SECTS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A Comparative Study of Jains, Christians and Sikhs
The interplay between religious ethics and economic development has been one of the focal themes of sociological reasoning and research. Max Weber was the most influential sociologist to establish a positive relationship between the Protestant sect and the development of capitalism in the West. He also aroused the controversy that religion of India, particularly Hinduism, is not conducive to the development of capitalism. The book examines the relationship between religious sects of Christianity, Jainism and Sikhism and the level of their social development in the city of Agra. It also examines social development vis-á-vis social and religious practices of the sect, interplay between sect and society, conflict and harmony, and modernism and development. It is a study that can remove the stigma attached to Indian religions in hindering development. Based on extensive fieldwork, this important contribution to the field of Sociology of Religion will prove useful to students, researchers, teachers and intellectuals.
Reproducible Pastoral Training: Church Planting Guidelines from the Teachings of George Patterson
Patrick O’Connor highlights specific action-oriented principles from the teachings of George Patterson as he guides the reader through the various aspects of cross-cultural ministry: the gathering of new believers, the development of new churches, the mobilization of new churches into a movement, the training of new leaders, and the departure of the pioneering ministers.
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK (Third Edition)
Now in its Third Edition, completely revised and updated, Research in Social Work remains one of the most popular introductory
RESEARCH METHODS – HB
This book is mainly designed for students and researchers of social sciences and business administration. It is organised into six parts, covering 19 chapters, each comprehensively dealing with varied aspects of the problem under discussion. What distinguishes it from other works on the subject is that it combines the author’s personal observations—based on his extensive research experience—with the experiences of other scholars as reflected in the literature. The aim is not only to acquaint students with the judicious blend of elementary and theoretical knowledge in social research but also guide the researchers with the basic complexities of undertaking research.
The approach to analysis is interdisciplinary while examples from empirical studies conducted in Indian society make the text clearer. The book also offers the readers considerable flexibility in selecting the chapters in view of necessity and usefulness.
RESEARCH METHODS – PB
This book is mainly designed for students and researchers of social sciences and business administration. It is organised into six parts, covering 19 chapters, each comprehensively dealing with varied aspects of the problem under discussion. What distinguishes it from other works on the subject is that it combines the author’s personal observations—based on his extensive research experience—with the experiences of other scholars as reflected in the literature. The aim is not only to acquaint students with the judicious blend of elementary and theoretical knowledge in social research but also guide the researchers with the basic complexities of undertaking research.
The approach to analysis is interdisciplinary while examples from empirical studies conducted in Indian society make the text clearer. The book also offers the readers considerable flexibility in selecting the chapters in view of necessity and usefulness.
RESOURCES, TRIBES AND DEVELOPMENT: Competing Interests and Contours of Possibilities
Editors: M.C. Behera and Jumyir Basar
The papers included in this volume primarily focus on contradicting perspectives, competing interests and emerging outcomes when the relation between tribes and their resource perceptions shifts along the line of corporate-induced development projects. Precisely, it is a compendium of issues related to development induced displacement. With distinct analytical frames and empirical findings, the papers, contributed by the experts in the field – academics, bureaucrats and activists alike – unambiguously present a critique to perspectives of people’s development within the frame of contemporary development discourse.
Responsible Leadership: Global and Contextual Ethical Perspectives
Editors: Christoph Stuckelberger / Jesse N K Mugambi
Leadership models and values change in a fast changing globalised world. The responsible use of power is a key factor to good governance and a human life in dignity in all sectors of society. How can the respect for the cultural and religious diversity of values be combined with common perspectives of responsible leadership in the one world?
In forty contributions, ethicists and other experts from 21 countries from five continents give surprising and challenging answers in four areas: family leadership, religious leadership, business leadership and political leadership, A reader for church and business leaders, for politicians and journalists, for teachers, students and scholars – and parents.
RETHINKING RELIGION
Edited by Soumyajit Patra
Contemporary discourses on religion generally centre either on its ideological dimensions or on its practical implications, though there is always an implicit tension between these two. This book tries to bridge the gap and explore this complex phenomenon in the context of rising popularity of rationalist outlook in social life, and of ‘secularization and de-divinization’ perspective in sociological and philosophical literatures.
Rethinking the Church: A Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition
Why is it important to rethink the church? Today many leaders focus on how their ministries can be run more
RETHINKING TRIBE IN INDIAN CONTEXT: Realities Issues & Challenges
The general understanding about tribes in India is somewhat hazy, confusing and at times biased. Tribals are almost invariably equated
REVISITING TRIBAL STUDIES: A Glimpse After Hundred Years
Tribal studies have been a critical area of enquiry, starting from colonial requirements to contemporary interest of government organizations and NGOs, anthropo-sociological adoption to cross disciplinary recognition, culture and ethnography to multidisciplinary methodological perspectives, academic pursuits to project-induced necessity of evaluation and assessment and from depicting tribes as ‘others’ to integrating them in nation-building.
Romancing the Sacred? Towards an Indian Christian Philosophy of Religion
Edited by George Karuvelil, S.J
Meeting held on the theme “Dynamics of religion: philosophical review from Indian perspectives”.
Romans – Understanding the Bible Commentary Series
The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps readers navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of critical methodologies and practices, yet they do so as people of faith who hold the text in the highest regard. Pastors, teachers, and lay people alike will cherish the truth found in this commentary series.
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