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This book scrutinizes the presentations of Christians and Christianity in Israeli state education system. It reveals that despite the changes in Jewish-Christian relations in the last century and the power relations between Jews and Christians in Israel, Christianity has a crucial role in the construction of modern Jewish identity in Israel.

This text develops the work of Jewish scholarship to discern resonances between central Christian and Jewish beliefs. Offering fresh approaches to contentious and sensitive issues it argues that God's basic covenant is not with either Judaism or Christianity, but with humanity

Based on field research and interviews conducted in both Ajaria and Tbilisi, this article focuses on the different interpretations of the conversion of ethnically Georgian Muslim Ajarians to Orthodox Christianity. It is argued that Orthodox Christianity is an important aspect of self-identification and the national narrative of all Georgians. For many Muslim Ajarians, conversion appears to be a pragmatic act, with the ultimate goal of being recognised as 'fully Georgian' by both state and society.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury, is a complex figure in the intellectual history of eighteenth-century Britain. He can easily appear as an anachronism, contemptuous or ignorant of the advances in learning underway in the age in which he lived. In the original index to the second edition of his Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1714), 'Metaphysicks' is followed by 'necessary Knowledge of nothing knowable or known'. Under 'Philosophers' are the entries 'See CLOWN', and 'Moral Philosophers of a modern sort, more ignorant and corrupt than the mere Vulgar'. One seeks an entry for 'Newton, Isaac' in vain; and whilst Bacon had the honour of being cited by Shaftesbury—once—it was only to establish that he had been fortunate to have 'escap'd being call'd an ATHEIST' by his contemporaries, an oversight Shaftesbury was eager to remedy. Rather than trouble himself with the productions of a modern age whose philosophy he considered to be 'rotten', Shaftesbury unabashedly proclaimed his preference for the Stoic moralists of classical antiquity. In his General Dictionary (1739), Thomas Birch noted that Shaftesbury 'carried always with him' the 'moral works of Xenophon, Horace, the Commentaries and Enchridion of Epictetus as published by Arrian, and Marcus Antoninus' ; The final stage of research for this essay was supported by funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement no 617849.

Ecological restoration integrates the science and art of repairing ecosystems damaged by human activities. Despite relatively little attention from environmental ethicists, restoration projects continue to gain significance, drawing on citizen volunteers and large amounts of public funds, providing an important model of responding to ecological crisis. Projects range from the massive, multi-billion dollar Kissimmee River project; restoring 25,000 acres of Everglades' wetlands; to the 30 million effort to restore selected wetlands in industrial Brownfield sites in Chicago's south side Lake Cal

This research examines the factors that motivate and limit Christians at Mavuno Church in their practice of civic participation. The study itself is informed by a theoretical understanding of the macro context, as well as the social and psychological factors that are linked to civic participation. Chapter 1 offers an introduction to the study, in particular, the purpose and goals of the study. Chapter 2 provides an overview of historical and contemporary perspectives on civic participation and the potential influence of these perspectives on the civic participation practices of Christians at Mavuno Church, in Nairobi, Kenya. Chapter 3 discusses factors linked to civic participation and provides illustrations of several individuals and institutions who exemplify civic participation and the specific motivating factors linked to such participation. Chapter 4 and 5 discuss the research methods employed and the data collected for the purposes of this study, respectively. These included twenty interviews with key leaders at Mavuno Church, Hill City, 4 focus group discussions from across the different campuses of Mavuno Church (Mashariki, Downtown and Hill City), which were conducted over a 2 year period. Furthermore the study incorporated a survey which was administered to members of Mavuno Downtown and Hill City campuses and was completed by seventy-five respondents. Finally participant observation of a small group of the staff leaders of the Hill City, Downtown and Crossroads campuses was carried out. Chapter six and seven then present the change plan and implications arising out of the study and the conclusion and recommendations. Overall the study indicated a need for Mavuno Church to go beyond developing convictions about civic participation and provide more support for individuals to practice civic participation at the level of engaging with structures and decision making processes in society. The findings show that 6 out of 10 Christians at Mavuno Church are engaging civically. Most of these are not engaging at the level of structures and longer term decision making. The church plays the important role of providing an environment in which individuals can begin to practice civic participation beyond the confines of the Church, in the wider society. Mentor: Alan Weaver