Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- References -- PART ONE -- Chapter 1 Religion and the 'Great Transformation' in Poland and East Germany -- Introduction -- Church and state in early Christianity -- Religion, state and nation in Poland and Germany to 1989 -- The post-communist period -- East German Christianity since 1989 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Islam and human rights -- Introduction -- Islam and human rights: a 'clash of civilizations'? -- Islam, sharia and law -- Muslim responses to human rights -- The human rights debate in Tunisia -- Human rights, culture and modernization -- Culture and the implementation of rights -- Are human rights universal? Culture and the genesis of rights -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Chapter 3: What it meant and what it means: feminism, religion and interpretation -- Reforming feminism -- Revolutionary feminism -- The prepatriarchal hypothesis -- Introducing feminist hermeneutics -- Varieties of feminist hermeneutics -- Language for god -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Buddhist responses to environmental crisis -- Beyer's three-fold typology -- Buddhist responses to environmentalism -- The Harris typology -- Conclusion -- PART TWO -- Theologians and the renewal of democratic political institutions -- Richard Schröder -- Issues of popular political participation -- Conclusion -- A feminist interpretation of women's rights in Islam -- Kali, the savior -- Women and the laws of Manu -- Kali -- The iconography of Kali -- Kali's behavior and associations -- Kali and Siva -- Patriarchal vs scriptural readings -- Conclusion: the presence of Kali -- Works cited -- The global Environment as a religious issue: a sociological analysis -- Global systems, global values, and religion -- The role of religion -- Religion and the global environment