01915ctm a2200181u 4500 20250312110629.0 ta 180129suuuuuuuuilu 001|0 eng u Ramachandra, Vinoth. Subverting global myths : [manuscript] : theology and the public issues shaping our world / / by Vinoth Ramachandra. IVP Academic, ; Downers Grove, Ill. :, c2008.. 296 p. ; ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and indexes. Myths of terrorism -- Reaping the whirlwind -- The globalization of Islamist militancy -- Deconstructing the "war on terror" -- Applying just-war reasoning -- Needed : humility and courageous imagination -- Myths of religious violence -- Escaping parochialism -- The complexities of "religious violence" -- Two Asian case studies -- Atheist polemics and collective deception -- Recovering Christian integrity -- Mutual criticism -- Myths of human rights -- The language of rights -- Questioning the standard liberal story -- Toward an alternative story -- Individual rights -- Relationality and rights -- Legislating for rights -- Recovering a tradition -- Myths of multiculturalism -- Understanding cultures -- Multicultural nationhood -- A defense of multicultural society -- Reconfiguring the multicultural state -- Secularist fundamentalism -- Rights of refugees and asylees -- Ethics of freedom -- Myths of science -- Science as ideology -- Two widespread myths -- Scientific research and moral responsibility -- Genetic engineering -- The return of eugenics -- Post/transhumanism -- Gods or nothings : the false choice -- Myths of postcolonialism -- Decentering world history -- The colonial legacy -- Postcolonialism -- Toward a more nuanced understanding -- Postcolonialism and resistance from the margins -- Some theological reflections BK 8 9161 9161 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 261.8 Ram 2008 18826 2025-03-09 16:00:17 2025-03-09 BK