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TRANCE-GRESSION: TECHNOSHAMANISM, CONSERVATISM AND PAGAN POLITICS 恍惚:技术萨满教、保守主义和异教政治

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402201g

D. Green

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引用次数: 1

IS RELIGION INHERENTLY VIOLENT? RELIGION AS A THREAT AND PROMISE FOR THE GLOBAL SECURITY 宗教本身就是暴力的吗?宗教是全球安全的威胁和希望

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402297v

Natalia Vlas

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引用次数: 9

THE RHETORIC OF RIGHTS IN THE UK CHRISTIAN CHURCHES REGARDING NON-HETEROSEXUAL CITIZENSHIP 英国基督教会关于非异性恋公民身份的权利修辞

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402183h

Stephen J.Hunt

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引用次数: 0

EVANGELICALISM AND CAPITALISM IN TRANSLANTIC CONTEXT 大西洋背景下的福音主义和资本主义

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402257g

M. Guest

引用次数: 1

FEAR AND LOATHING: THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN RELATION TO MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN THE BRITISH CONTEMPORARY SETTING 恐惧与厌恶:英国当代背景下与穆斯林和伊斯兰教有关的政治话语

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402221a

C. Allen

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引用次数: 34

FAITH IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE EMERGENCE OF RELIGION IN THE POLITICS OF AN INNER LONDON BOROUGH 1975-2006 对地方政府的信仰:1975-2006年内伦敦自治市镇政治中宗教的出现

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402157s

Greg Smith

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RELIGION AND POLITICS IN BELGIUM: FROM AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MANIFEST CATHOLIC TO A LATENT CHRISTIAN PILLAR 比利时的宗教与政治:从制度化的天主教到潜在的基督教支柱

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402283d

K. Dobbelaere

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引用次数: 9

BLASPHEMY AND THE NEGOTIATION OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN BRITAIN 亵渎神明与英国宗教多元主义的谈判

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.54561/prj0402237t

Laura Tomes

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