Conventional wisdom tells us that two subjects should be avoided lest you risk causing a big stir—politics and religion. I have learned over the years that one other topic is sure to inflame the passions of nurses. That topic is, of course, educational requirements for entry into practice. Every few months, from one quarter or another, comes an editorial or opinion piece arguing that a baccalau...

is published by Princeton University Press and copyrighted, © 2006, by Princeton University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher, except for reading and browsing via the World Wide Web. Users ar...

this paper is aimed to review the concepts of legitimacy and its relation to effectiveness of clergy in iran . combination of religion and politics could increase interventionism in public policy and increase expectations for welfare interventionism. this phenomena could link spiritual legitimacy of clergy to its effectiveness. somewhat vast interpretation of “ the unity of religion and politic...

The relationship between religion(s) and politics, i.e., religious communities political authorities, in Montenegro has varied taken different forms throughout the country’s history. Available research, mostly historical nature, is predominantly factual does not provide a clear picture of nature this Montenegro’s Through an analysis legal–historical sources relevant literature, paper aims to in...

This introduction elaborates how the relationship between religion and light can should be addressed as a key theme for critical study of religion. It synthesizes principal arguments six articles collected in this special journal issue locates them broader theoretical framework, focussing especially on politics knowledge production.