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The phenomenon of the global market economy, drawing as it does on "liberal" concepts of plurality & the transcending of tradition, offers a serious challenge to social theology. Neither liberal nor communitarian (confessional) approaches are able to give adequate accounts of two fundamental economic problematics: scarcity & interrelatedness. Liberal approaches have tended to subordinate theological insights to secular narratives in ways that obscure distinctive contributions from the Christian tradition. Confessional approaches have not handled finitude or translatability between communities & traditions with sufficient subtlety. This article argues that an adequate social theology on the economy will bridge liberal & communitarian approaches in ways that are cognizant of the particularity of traditions yet open to encounter between them, &, drawing on Maclntyre, Shanks, & Selby, among others, sketches the outlines of such a dialogic traditionalism. Adapted from the source document.

Examines conceptual differences between racism & Islamophobia. The historical significance of Islamophobia is emphasized through Orientalist representations of Islam that racialize the category of Muslim, along with contemporary discourse in international politics based on fears of the Islamization of Europe. Possible comparisons between Islamophobia & anti-Semitism are suggested, noting that Islamophobia is articulated in religious terms, while anti-Semitism has evolved into prejudice against "a people." Characteristics of Islamophobia are described, & examples of Islamophobic discourse are analyzed to highlight the danger of conceptual inflation that goes beyond the racism paradigm, eg, conceptualizations of Bosnian Muslims that led to the demand for "ethnic cleansing." It is contended that Islamophobia is best viewed as a fear or hatred of Muslims, rather than an ideology, making it important to distinguish it from racism even though certain facets of their definitions & expressions coincide. A look at comparative research on Islamophobia & racism focuses on the varied contexts in which Islamophobia is expressed, as well the association between Islamophobia & the politics of integration or multiculturalism. 15 References. J. Lindroth