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  • Religious Conflict

    Hierarchical Display of Religious conflict Law > Rights and freedoms > Anti-discriminatory measure > Religious discriminationSocial Questions > Culture and religion > ReligionInternational Relations > International security > International conflict > War Religious conflict Concept of […]

  • Secularity

    Hierarchical Display of Secularity Politics > Political framework > Political ideologySocial Questions > Culture and religion > ReligionEducation And Communications > Teaching > Teaching > Secular educationPolitics > Political framework > State > Secular State Concept of […]

  • SEXISM

    SEXISM Millions of believers gather regularly in churches, synagogues, and other “holy” places to worship a higher power, learn the doctrines and principles of their faith, socialize with other followers, and celebrate a particular form of “family life.” Commensurate with the faith messages are admonitions concerning the rights and responsibilities of men, women, and children…

  • Human Rights resources

    Human Rights resources General Human Rights country Reports (U.S.Department of State) The UN Human Rights System (Human Rights Internet and Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Extensive Review, by country and with Links, of the United Nations Human Rights System Human Rights Watch World Report Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe and Central Asia; Middle East…

  • International Relations

    Political Science: Fields in Political Science: International Relations Introduction to International Relations International relations is the study of the international system, which involves interactions between nations, international organizations, and multinational corporations. The two […]

  • Islamic Law

    The Legal History of Islamic Law Law and Dogma Islamic law —ShariÂ’a— evolved over time in response to the Muslim communityÂ’s need for a legal system. The most important source of law was the traditions of the Prophet (sunna) as revealed in reports […]

  • Islamic Law

    The Legal History of Islamic Law Law and Dogma Islamic law —ShariÂ’a— evolved over time in response to the Muslim communityÂ’s need for a legal system. The most important source of law was the traditions of the Prophet (sunna) as revealed in reports […]

  • International Humanitarian Law Treaties

    International Humanitarian Law Treaties and Conventions Sources of international humanitarian law The sources are: International Humanitarian Law treaties. International Humanitarian Law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional […]

  • Sustainable Development

    Definition and Origins Sustainability and sustainable development were initially defined and promulgated in a report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, "Our Common Future" (1987). This report said (page 43) that sustainable development "is development that […]

  • GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGIONS

    GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGIONS The religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Greeks and Romans have not attracted social scientific investigation to the extent accorded either the major world faiths or the religions of band and tribal peoples. Notwithstanding that one would be hard-pressed to find a living devotee of Zeus or Athena, Janus or…

  • THEORY

    THEORY The attempt to explain or account for religion and its role in society as well as in individual experience; systematic social scientific theories begin primarily in the nineteenth and early twentieth century with such writers as Marx, Weber, Durkheim and his school, Freud, Troeltsch, James, and others. Although more recent work builds on these…

  • STATUS

    STATUS Of considerable significance for social scientific investigations of the origins, development, and decline of a wide variety of religious ideologies, movements, and institutions. Like other concepts that seek to impose sociological rigor on familiar societal terminology, status is subject to a number of distinct (although overlapping) usages that sometimes generate confusion. The Legal Context…

  • SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

    SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION A recently published British textbook describes the task of the sociology of religion in three ways: first, to further the understanding of the role of religion in society; second, to analyze its significance in and impact upon human history; and, third, to understand the social forces and influences that in turn shape…

  • SEXUALITY AND FERTILITY

    SEXUALITY AND FERTILITY Religion and sexuality are cohabitors in history and across cultures (see Weber 1946:343-350). Sexuality and sexual practice are regulated by religious belief and doctrine; religious ritual may prescribe sexual activity including intercourse with gods or their earthly representatives; gods may be seen in myths as engaging in sexual work leading to the…

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]