Gender, Diversity, Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Religious Studies: e-Books

Outlines the pedagogical practices necessary to inspire the next generation of peace-bringers by addressing strategies to include topics from human rights and environmental sustainability, to social justice and disarmament in a comprehensive method. Provides perspectives on how to live in a multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-religious society.

Considers some of the most important issues in the ethics of human interaction, whether in business, politics, or science and technology. Covers issues such as cybercrime, bioethics, medical care, and corporate leadership.

Challenges current economic theory, targeting the way gender is often used for economic gain or increased market share. Features chapters that combine the concepts of gender theory, sociology, and economics and cover topics including economic equality, gender bias, the history of gender economics, industrial creativity, and the impact of social connectedness on life satisfaction.

Focuses on current issues facing nations and regions where poverty and conflict are endangering the lives of citizens as well as the socio-economic viability of those regions. Highlights crucial topics and offering potential solutions to problems relating to domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, as well as political instability.

Builds on the available literature on gender and diversity issues in religious-based settings and contexts with chapters relating to race relations in the Churches of Christ, the role of women in religious movements in Latin America, gay-straight alliances at religious-based colleges and universities, and lessons and insights for religious institutions and faculty.

Investigates morality in a socio-scientific worldview, examining the epistemology of existence in conjunction with Islamic monotheistic law to generate a world-system that governs action and reaction in the context of a variety of cognitive and social environments.