TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE WORD OF GUEST EDITOR

3-4

TALIBAN OR TERRORIST? SOME REFLECTIONS ON TALIBAN’S IDEOLOGY

7-24

THE HISTORY OF INDIAN WOMEN: HINDUISM AT CROSSROADS WITH GENDER

25-47

RELIGION, CASTE AND COMMUNITY: IDENTITY SUBSTANTIATION THROUGH ‘MAILE’ CONGREGATIONS2 AMONG THE DORGAS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (INDIA)

49-72

CULTURE VERSUS RELIGION: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN CULTURE OF UBUNTU IN SOCIAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE POSTAPARTHEID SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY

75-98

HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH VIEWS THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY?

99-110

RELIGIONS, EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY THE NECESSITY OF INTER-RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

111-125

RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM AND DEMOCRACY

127-153

“SECULARISM, RELIGION AND MULTICULTURAL CITIZENSHIP”

157-160

“THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY OF COMBATANT CLERGIES OF TEHRAN”

161-162

“HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION – AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA”

163-167