The Family and Religion

This introduction focuses on religious beliefs in American families.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1026/thumbnail.jp

One State or Two in Israel/Palestine: The Stress on Gender and Citizenship

As is the case with any of the three great Abrahamic religions, there is considerable ambiguity regarding the status and role of women both within doctrinal interpretations, and between religious and other cultural traditions in the community. These ambiguities are reflected in political practice and condition women\u27s aspirations regarding what is possible for them to achieve. Nowhere is it more true that understandings of religious imperatives permeate politics and work to make other lines of division all the more intractable than in Israel/Palestine. The proclivity to violence between the two peoples not only victimizes women, but foreshortens attention to their specific political needs and the general issue of women\u27s rights in the region

2006 Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries

The 3rd Annual APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science hosted over 300 participants in lively discussions of trends, techniques, and models in teaching in political science. Held in downtown Washington, D.C. on February 18-20, the Conference was organized as a workshop-based forum to develop models of teaching and learning as well as to discuss broad themes affecting political science education today. Joining the discussion, APSA President Ira Katznelson (Columbia University) and keynote speaker Thomas E. Cronin (Colorado College) shared their thoughts on teaching and learning in the discipline

Introduction to Moral Argument, Religion, and Same-sex Marriage: Advancing the Public Good

This introduction explains the ongoing arguments about gay marriage and religion.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1006/thumbnail.jp

Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Group of Boston

This section focuses on the rights of Irish LGBT groups in Boston.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1014/thumbnail.jp

Buddhism

This section looks at the way Buddhism views homosexuality.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1020/thumbnail.jp

Natural Law

This section looks at the definition of natural law in regards to homosexuality.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1024/thumbnail.jp

Gay Rights

This is a section focusing on gay rights.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1010/thumbnail.jp

Lawrence v. Texas

This section focuses on the discrimination of homosexuality in Texas.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1016/thumbnail.jp

The Federal Marriage Amendment Threatens the Foundations of the U. S. Constitution

This section focuses on the changing of the Constitution in regards to gay marriage.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/polisci_books/1019/thumbnail.jp