PUBLICATIONS

ŽENE, RELIGIJA I POLITIKA (WOMEN, RELIGION AND POLITICS) - Zilka Spahić-Šiljak

The Project Women, Religion and Politics was conducted by Dr. Zilka Spahić-Šiljak in the Bosnia and Herzegovina region with the support of TPO Foundation and IMIC Center. The project duration was three years (2004-2005), and the final output was publishing the book with the same title: Women, Religion and Politics Analysis of Influence of Interpretative Religious Traditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Participation of Women in Public Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

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UVOD U RELIGIJE SVIJETA (INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD RELIGIONS)

- Rešid Hafizović i Nebojša Vasić

Rešid Hafizović and Nebojša Vasić are editors of the Introduction to the World Religions Handbook which focuses on the rich legacies of monotheistic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in an academic and thorough way, but also embraces the irrevocable religious traditions of Hindism, Budism, Confucianism and Taoism. The content of the course is creative and innovative and it will arouse and interest both in novices and in those who have already studied similar themes. A very precise connection between the syllabus structure and selected texts of the most prominent scholars in these fields is valuable for students. An excellent selection of texts, especially those that were translated by the editor, Resid Hafizovic, gives an exceptional impression to the Handbook which is oriented to reveal ''secrets'' of religions that inspired development of civilizations...

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SOCIOLOGIJA RELIGIJE SA METODOLOGIJOM (SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION WITH METHODOLOGY)- Dino Abazović, Željko Škuljević

The Handbook Sociology of Religion with Methodology edited by Dino Abazovic and Željko Škuljević, is related to the principle scientific discipline which seeks to, by its own perspective and scientific tools and methodology, to illuminate a phenomenon of religion in its own intricacy and complexity.

The spectrum of the Handbook themes can be classified into four thematic sections: sociological understanding of religious and the problems of sociology of religion, basic typology in sociology of religion, contemporary sociological aspects of society and religion.

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LUDSKA PRAVA I RELIGIJA (HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION)

- Christian Moe, Spahija Kozlić

Human Rights and Religion Handbook by its own title penetrates in the essence of the ''Democratization through reform of education'' project. Editors Christian Moe and Spahija Kozlic have successfully elaborated on the challenges that modern human rights pose to religious traditions, but they also emphasized a necessary ''dedication'' to rights provided by religions or within religious dimension of human rights. Students will study the basic tenets of human rights which encompass: notion of human rights, their development and divisions through the history, monitoring mechanisms of their implementation and examples of their violations in practice. The central part of the Handbook is dedicated to the relationships between monotheistic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and human rights discourse which is framed very well by the proper text selection.

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NOVI RELIGIJSKI POKRETI (NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS) - Duško Trninić

The image of religious pluralism reflected by the first Handbook, Introduction to World Religions receives the greatest focus in the second Handbook of the series "Religious Studies in BiH". Duško Trninić edited the syllabus and selected the texts for the Handbook New Religious Movements , which explains the roles and functions of the various religious movements founded in the last hundred years, that include those based on the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, as well as the traditions of Eastern Religions. With the selection of texts, the editor manages to point to the diversities of present-day religious life, the need for tolerance to those different from us, and the acknowledgement and promotion of divergences. This course is very important in proving that large tradiotional religions do not have exclusive privileges in contemporary spirituality, as well as that "small" religions and movements must be recognized.

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RELIGIJA I ETIKA (RELIGION AND ETHICS) - Alen Kristić, Spahija Kozlić

The Handbook Religion and Ethics is designed as a part of the ''Teaching Religion at universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina '' Project. Editors, Alen Kristic and Spahija Kozlic structured the Course and the Handbook with a special emphasis on the ethics of the three monotheistic religious traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) with their distinctive frameworks, but also with their similarities and commonalities. The Syllabus begins with explication of the basic notions of ethics as a philosophical discipline, and then challenges religious and non-religious ethics in order to point out the differences, but also the similarities between these two perspectives.

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RELIGIJA I POLITIKA (RELIGION AND POLITICS) - Entoni Šeperić

The Handbook Religion and Politics prepared by Entoni Seperic is consisted of the syllabus and the accompanying texts from the required literature for the course which gives critical reflections on the very complex relations between religion and politics in contemporary world and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The Syllabus is creatively and thoroughly designed, with quite good selections of the texts. The first text is selected as an introductory disposition and offers an excellent review of the modern theoretical approaches and basic models of interactions between religion and politics.

Fine introductory elaboration on various notions and examples of them are further developed, nuanced and contextualized in the following texts in order to explore the course themes in a very complex, rather then reductionist way of theorizing.

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ROD I RELIGIJA (GENDER AND RELIGION) - Zilka Spahić-Šiljak i Rebeka Jadranka Anić

The Syllabus is structured in a very inventive and inclusive way with fifteen accompanying texts precisely harmonized with the main themes. Students will get a chance to learn more about the prevailing androcentric interpretations of the sacred texts in monotheistic religious traditions of Judaism Christianity and Islam, but the accentuation will be put on the egalitarian feminist and modern readings and re-readings of the same texts. The Course offers a comparative gender perspective in monotheistic religions, which will be a good challenge for students to study, compare, analyze and bring new messages about gender politics in their own contexts.

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RITUAL, MIT I SIMBOL (RITUAL MYTH AND SYMBOL) - Milan Vukomanović, Aras Borić

The first part of the Handbook is dedicated to the study of myth, symbol and rituals as the crucial segments of each religion. Further elaboration of these notions and phenomena is structured within various disciplines: from religiology, philosophy and psychology to the cultural studies and anthropology.

The second part of the Handbook is dedicated to the relationships between religion and art with emphasis on the elementary characteristics and forms of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish art, within history of aesthetics and the history of art.

Even this rough presentation of the Handbook's structure shows its relevance, but also it's demanding character both for teacher and students, considering its account multidisciplinary approach to this field.

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I VIJERNICE I GRADANKE (BOTH BELIEVERS AND CITIZENS) - Zilka Spahić - Šiljak, Rebeka Jadranka Anić

The book "Both Believers and Citizens" analyses the notion of women dignity, women position in society and marriage, public life, and their peace building role, within three religious traditions; Roman-Catholic, Orthodox and Islam, with the aim of construction and reconstruction of sex stereotypes. Philosophical-theological and cultural assumptions are given center of attention for their crucial role in each of the religious tradition on defining gender identities and gender roles, and original religious texts are therefore consulted. In that way contribution of religious traditions and individual engagament to implementation of The Article Five of CEDAW, UN Resolution 1325 on women and peace and security, and legislations and teachings of churches and religious communities.

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MONOTEISTICKO TROGLASJE (MONOTHEISTIC THREE VOICES) - Zilka Spahić - Šiljak, Dino Abazović

The book was developed within Nonconfe- ssional education in B&H project implemented by Goethe Institute Sarajevo, and another book - "Culture of religion" will be edited based on the aforementioned book. The book provides scientific discussion and interdisciplinary and comparative approach on monotheistic religions, and on other, provides school teachers and students with a very helpful teaching tool (for both teaching religion and culture of religion), was emphasised.

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DIJALOGOM PROTIV NASILJA (PROMOTING DIALOGUE AGAINST VIOLENCE) - Zilka Spahić - Šiljak, Sabiha Husić

This training-package is innovative in its content and methodology, as it deals with issues of gender-residencies founded in violence and multi-religious dialogue, comparative, interdisciplinary and gender-sensitive methods of analysis. Through a comparative approach to gender perspectives monotheistic religious heritage of Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Islam allows a better insight into the arguments and positions universalists and cultural relativists in relation to women's human rights, but also the possibility of looking at similarities and differences of these three religious traditions have in defining gender policy their own discourse.

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WOMEN, RELIGION AND POLITICS - Zilka Spahić-Šiljak

Women Religion and Politics is a rich compendium of information about gender relations in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Meticulously researched and lucidly organized, Women Religion and Politics should help the different religious communities to better understand their own gender practices and those of their neighbors.

(Rachel Adler, PhD, Hebrew Union College, LA California)

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RODNO OSJETLJIVA SITUACIONA ANALIZA (GENDER-SENSITIVE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS) - Nina Bosankić i Bojan Šošić

Gender-sensitive situational analysis conducted by the TPO Foundation, is the first attempt to detect the situation and to propose measures accordingly improve the status of returnees. These measures include the promotion of gender mainstreaming in order to achieve equality and equal opportunities for women and men, which are further discussed in TPO publications: "Developing a measure of active labour market with focus on returnees"and "Gender-sensitive analysis of legal documents in the field of social and health protection, labor and employment,''
... set the standards of the European Union in the field of social policy, and more importantly, the most vulnerable groups - the returnees will be given the chance to secure themselves and their families a life worthy of man.

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RODNO OSJETLJIVA ANALIZA ZAKONSKIH DOKUMENATA U OBLASTIMA SOCIJALNE I ZDRAVSTVENE ZAŠTITE, RADA I ZAPOŠLJAVANJA (Gender-sensitive analysis of legal documents in areas of social and health care, labor and employment) - Various authors (edited by: Jasmina Čaušević)

The publication "Social inclusion of refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina - gender-sensitive analysis of legal documents in areas of social and health care, labor and employment", the product of reflection and research group of authors who have developed gender-sensitive analysis of legal documents in state, entity, cantonal and municipal levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fields of social and health care, and labor and employment, with special emphasis on the rights of women returnees. The analysis is part of project implementation Social inclusion of women returnees in BiH, led by Transcultural Psychosocial Educational Foundation (TPO) from Sarajevo, with support from the Norwegian Government.

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RAZVIJANJE MJERA ZA AKTIVNO TRŽIŠTE RADA SA FOKUSOM NA POVRATNICE (DEVELOPING A MEASURE OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET WITH FOCUS ON RETURNEES)- Besima Borić

.. The analysis of this matter will certainly influence the sensitivity of the public to the existence of problems related to sustainable return, Employment and Gender Equality, as the undeniable fact that does not give sufficient consideration the integration of returnee women in the labor market ... .. Of utmost importance is that the publication focuses on the need to train unemployed women returnees to perform tasks that will improve their social and economic status, because it is the key and the path to solving the problem.
Therefore it is realistic to expect education and implementation of active employment policies, especially affirmative action, to a large extent result in increased employment opportunities and general economic progress of returnees, particularly women returnees ... (Excerpt from review)

UPUTSTVO ZA MONITORING I EVALUACIJU (GUIDELINES FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION) - Zoltan Milić

The purpose of this guidance is that, in a concise manner, provide information needed by current and future analysts who work on programs of social inclusion of minorities, on how to conduct monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects in general. Content, methods and procedures specified in the instruction does not need to understand as something that must be followed in every case. Monitoring and evaluation, as well as at the end of the analysis, the areas most dependent on logical reasoning and creative abilities of people who work in these areas.

RODNO INKLUZIVNE ZAJEDNICE U BiH (Gender Inclusive Communities in BiH)- Jasmina Čaušević

Based on the results of the Analysis, TPO team in cooperation with experienced politicians, business women and prominent activists in partner's NGO leaders is designing the Handbook Manual for Leadership of women and men for improvement of gender inclusive policies in local communities. The Project is supported by the US Government, Office of Public Affairs in BiH.

GRADITELJICE MIRA (Women Peace-makers)- Alen Krstić

This book Women Peacemakers - Social and Political Engagement of Nobel Peace Prize Winners encompasses the life of fifteen brave women who have had the privilege to receive the Nobel Prize, and presents them respecting the chronological order of the awards. The book includes 12 essays focused primarily on their social and political engagement in which we witness the overlapping of different forms of peacemaking activities: deconstruction of mechanisms for establishment of the hostile sentiments in a society, opposition to war as a means for conflict resolution, peace negotiations mediation, rebuilding of trust and peace in postwar societies, fighting the social and political postwar consequences...