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The Price of Freedom Denied : Religious Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century. by Grim, Brian J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Religions' Shared Experience of Religious Persecution and Conflict; 1 Religious Persecution: Pervasive and Pernicious; 2 Religious Freedom: Broken Promises; 3 Persecution: The Price of Freedom Denied; 4 Case Studies: Japan (High Levels of Religious Freedoms), Brazil (Freedoms with Some Tensions), and Nigeria (Partitioned Religion-State Power); 5 A Closer Look: China (Religion Viewed as a Threat), India (Social Monopoly), and Iran (Social and Political Monopoly); 6 What about Muslim-Majority Countries?…”
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Imagining persecution : why American Christians believe there is a global war against their faith by Bruner, Jason

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Battle for China's spirit : religious revival, repression, and resistance under Xi Jinping by Cook, Sarah G.

Table of Contents: “…Executive summary -- Overview -- Evolving mechanisms of religious control and persecution -- Chart: key religious controls -- Map: religious persecution by province -- Chinese Buddhism and Taoism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Falun Gong -- Recommendations.…”
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Papers of a pariah by Benson, Robert Hugh, 1871-1914

Table of Contents: “…--On the dance as a religious exercise.--Religious persecution.--Science and faith.--Low mass.--Benediction.…”

When God took sides : religion and identity in Ireland : unfinished history by Elliott, Marianne, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Irish Christians again -- Irishness at the altar -- Protestantism and the spectre of popery -- The Church of Ireland as establishment -- The "Outlanders" of Ulster -- "Our darkest days" : religious persecution and Catholic identity -- The poor are always with us; the poor are always Catholic -- "Beached" : religious minorities in partitioned Ireland.…”
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When God took sides : religion and identity in Ireland : unfinished history by Elliott, Marianne, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Irish Christians again -- Irishness at the altar -- Protestantism and the spectre of popery -- The Church of Ireland as establishment -- The "Outlanders" of Ulster -- "Our darkest days" : religious persecution and Catholic identity -- The poor are always with us; the poor are always Catholic -- "Beached" : religious minorities in partitioned Ireland.…”

To bring the good news to all nations : evangelical influence on human rights and U.S. foreign relations by Turek, Lauren Frances, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Defining and Defending Rights -- A Global Shift in Missionary Christianity -- The Communications Revolution and Evangelical Internationalism -- Religious Freedom and the New Evangelical Foreign Policy Lobby -- Fighting Religious Persecution behind the Iron Curtain -- Supporting a "Brother in Christ" in Guatemala -- The Challenge of South African Apartheid -- Conclusion: Evangelical Foreign Policy Activism Ascendant.…”
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How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West. by Zagorin, Perez

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: Religious Toleration: The Historical Problem; CHAPTER 2: The Christian Theory of Religious Persecution; CHAPTER 3: The Advent of Protestantism and the Toleration Problem; CHAPTER 4: The First Champion of Religious Toleration: Sebastian Castellio; CHAPTER 5: The Toleration Controversy in the Netherlands; CHAPTER 6: The Great English Toleration Controversy, 1640-1660; CHAPTER 7: John Locke and Pierre Bayle; CHAPTER 8: Conclusion: The Idea of Religious Toleration in the Enlightenment and After; NOTES; INDEX.…”
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The Mayflower : the Founding Myth of the United States of America. by 50MINUTES.COM

Table of Contents: “…Intro; The Mayflower; Political, social and religious context; Religious persecution in England; Anglicanism vs. Puritanism; Fleeing to the Netherlands; Journey to the New World; Key protagonists; The Pilgrims from the Scrooby congregation; The â#x80;#x9C;strangersâ#x80;#x9D;; The Native Americans; The Mayflower; The crossing; The Mayflower Compact; First contact with the Wampanoag; Official meeting and alliance; The origins of Thanksgiving; Impact; New colonies; King Philipâ#x80;#x99;s War; Threats to the Native American population; Summary; Further reading.…”
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The struggle of Hungarian Lutherans under communism by Baer, H. David (Helmut David), 1968-

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Christianity in Persia and the status of non-muslims in Iran by Van Gorder, A. Christian

Table of Contents: “…Introducing the land of Persia and early Persian history -- Early Persian religions, Judaism, and Christianity, before Islam -- The rise of Islam and the role of non-muslims in Persian Islam -- Types of Islam in Persia and Iran -- Modern protestant missionary efforts in Persia -- Non-Muslims and the Islamic revolution of 1979 -- Contemporary Christianity in Iran -- Persecution of protestants in modern Iran -- Conclusion : the future of Christian and Muslim relations in Iran -- Appendix I: international organizations confronting religious persecution (2009) -- Appendix II: statements from the universal Islamic declaration on human rights -- Appendix III: timeline of Persian history -- Appendix IV: chronological list of rulers in Iran -- Appendix V: ethnic and religious groups in Iran (1999) -- Appendix VI: non-Muslim religious minorities -- Glossary of Arabic and Persian terms and names.…”
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Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom by Haught, Brandon

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Tales of High Priests and Taxes : the Books of the Maccabees and the Judean Rebellion against Antiochos IV. by Honigman, Sylvie, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Hellenismos: The Social Order of the Wicked Rivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees; 6. The ""Religious Persecution"" in the Light of Ancient Judean Cultural and Narrative Codes; 7. …”
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The Italian : Or the Confessional of the Black Penitents, a Romance. by Radcliffe, Ann

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Natural Rights : a Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions. by Ritchie, David G.

Table of Contents: “…TOLERATION; NOTE A.- Religious Persecution and Toleration : Some Historical Illustrations.…”
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Resisting rebellion : the history and politics of counterinsurgency by Joes, Anthony James

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Evangelism and apostasy : the evolution and impact of evangelicals in modern Mexico / Evangelism & apostasy by Bowen, Kurt, 1946-

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Landmark Yiddish plays : a critical anthology

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The image of the Jews in Greek literature : the Hellenistic Period by Bar-Kochva, Bezalel

Table of Contents: “…From Alexander and the Successors to the Religious Persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (333-168 B.C.E.) -- Theophrastus on Jewish Sacrificial Practices and the Jews as a Community of Philosophers -- Aristotle, the Learned Jew, and the Indian Kalanoi in Clearchus -- The Jewish Ethnography by Hecataeus of Abdera -- Megasthenes on the "Physics" of the Greeks, Brahmans and the Jews -- Hermippus of Smyrna on Pythagoras, the Jews, and the Thracian -- The Diachronic Libels and Accusations (A): Mnaseas of Patara and the Origins and Developments of the Ass Libel -- Part II. …”
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The image of the Jews in Greek literature : the Hellenistic Period by Bar-Kochva, Bezalel

Table of Contents: “…From Alexander and the Successors to the Religious Persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (333-168 B.C.E.) -- Theophrastus on Jewish Sacrificial Practices and the Jews as a Community of Philosophers -- Aristotle, the Learned Jew, and the Indian Kalanoi in Clearchus -- The Jewish Ethnography by Hecataeus of Abdera -- Megasthenes on the "Physics" of the Greeks, Brahmans and the Jews -- Hermippus of Smyrna on Pythagoras, the Jews, and the Thracian -- The Diachronic Libels and Accusations (A): Mnaseas of Patara and the Origins and Developments of the Ass Libel -- Part II. …”
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Finding your roots. / No Irish need apply

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Tulalip, from my heart : an autobiographical account of a reservation community by Dover, Harriette Shelton, 1904-1991

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Jews, food, and Spain : the oldest medieval Spanish cookbook and the Sephardic culinary heritage / Oldest medieval Spanish cookbook and the Sephardic culinary heritage by Piñer, Hélène Jawhara

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Exile memories and the Dutch Revolt : the narrated diaspora, 1550-1750 by Müller, Johannes (Johannes M.), 1980-

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The ornament of the world : how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain by Menocal, Maria Rosa

The sweetness of freedom : stories of immigrants by Ostrander, Stephen Garr

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Sinners on trial : Jews and sacrilege after the reformation by Teter, Magda

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The future of post-human migration : a preface to a new theory of sameness, otherness, and identity by Baofu, Peter

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Medicine bundle : Indian sacred performance and American literature, 1824-1932 by Bellin, Joshua David

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Prince Michael Vorontsov : viceroy to the tsar by Rhinelander, A. L. H. (Anthony Laurens Hamilton), 1940-

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God and Caesar in China : policy implications of church-state tensions

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The History Of Torture. by Scott

Table of Contents: “…Methods of PunishmentCapital Punishment in China; Torture in Japan; A Terrible Campaign of Religious Persecution; Japanese Methods of Punishment; Torture in India; The Terrible KITTEE and Other Indian Tortures; Torture of School Children; Some Bizarre Forms of Torment; CHAPTER XIV THE TORTURE OF SLAVES IN THE WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; The Traffic in Human Beings; Methods of Torture Employed; Torture Will Who Torture Can; The Horrors of Mauritius; Torture of American Slaves; CHAPTER XV THE WAR UPON TORTURE; The Growth of Opposition; The Decline of Torture.…”
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Souls in dispute : converso identities in Iberia and the Jewish diaspora, 1580-1700 by Graizbord, David L.

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Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval and early modern times : a festschrift in honor of Mark R. Cohen

Table of Contents: “…Ishāq b. al-Shanā'a al-Muslimānī l-Isrā'īlī and Conversion to Islam in Medieval Cordoba; Jews among the Grandees of Ottoman Egypt; Remembrance and Oblivion of Religious Persecutions: On Sanctifying the Name of God (Qiddush ha-Shem) in Christian and Islamic Countries during the Middle Ages; Part Three Law and Society; The Muhammadan Stipulations: Dhimmī Versions of the Pact of 'Umar.…”
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Khovanshchina : opera in five acts by Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881, Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Humanitarian intervention : a history

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Separate paths : Lenapes and colonists in west New Jersey / Lenapes and colonists in west New Jersey by Soderlund, Jean R., 1947-

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Finding Edith : Surviving the Holocaust in Plain Sight by Cord, Edith Mayer

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Case studies in multicultural counseling and therapy

Table of Contents: “…Part II: Case Studies Involving Special Circumstances With Ethnic PopulationsChapter 8: Clinical Applications With American Jews; L'DOR V'DOR, OR FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION: THE STORY OF SCOTT; THE "OTHER" IN US: THE STORY OF GABRIELLA; Chapter 9: Clinical Applications With Immigrants; NEGOTIATING CULTURAL CHANGE AND IDENTITY: THE STORY OF NADIA; LOSS AND POLITICAL EXILE: THE STORY OF PAUL; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: Clinical Applications With Refugees; FLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION: THE STORY OF LARISSA; AFTERMATH OF TRAFFICKING: THE STORY OF KAMALA.…”
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Institution of the Hasmonean High Priesthood. by Babota, Vasile

Table of Contents: “…The Royal Edict of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes; 11. A Religious Persecution in Samaria?; 12. The Royal Edict, the Jerusalem Temple, and Its Priesthood; Conclusion; Chapter Three The Hasmonean Revolt and the High Priesthod of Menelaus; Introduction; 1. …”
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