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"Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology' provides a multi-disciplinary reflection on the theme of the covenant, from historical, biblical-theological and systematic-theological perspectives. The interaction between exegesis and dogmatics in the volume reveals the potential and relevance of this biblical motif. It proves to be vital in building bridges between God's revelation in the past and the actual question of how to live with him today"--

Covenant theology. --- Covenant theology --- Reformed Church --- Covenants --- Alliance (Théologie) --- Église réformée --- History of doctrines. --- Doctrines. --- Biblical teaching. --- Histoire des doctrines. --- Covenant of grace --- Covenant of works --- Covenants (Theology) --- Federal theology --- Theology, Covenant --- Theology, Federal --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Religious aspects --- Congregational churches --- Presbyterian Church --- Puritans

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Antisemitism has risen again in many countries since the beginning of the 21st century. Jew-hatred and discrimination against Jews have a long tradition both in Christianity and Islam. In the 19th century, animosity against Judaism gave way to nationalistic and racist motives. People like Wilhelm Marr called themselves antisemites to distinguish themselves from those who despised Jews for religious reasons. Today, Jews are often attacked in the name of human rights. They are accused of supporting crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Jewish State. However, many religious motifs of Jew-hatred, such as the accusation of killing Christ or the accusation of falsifying Islamic scripture, are still relevant today, and perhaps increasingly so in some denominations. Other religious tropes have been secularized, such as the accusation of ritual murder of Christian children that has been transformed into the accusation of purposeful killings of Palestinian children. What role do religious motifs play in the resurgence of antisemitism in the 21st century, be it directly in religious forms, or indirectly in secularized ways?

Antisemitism. --- Religion --- History --- דת --- الدين --- Anti-Jewish attitudes --- Anti-Semitism --- Ethnic relations --- Prejudices --- Philosemitism --- אנטישמיות --- اللاسامية --- היסטוריה --- التاريخ --- Antisemitism --- Addresses, essays, lectures --- Presbyterian church --- Zionism --- BDS --- chosenness --- covenant --- Islam --- Arab–Israeli conflict --- anti-Zionism --- Judeophobia --- anti-Judaism --- antisemitism --- Muslim --- Islamic --- Islamist --- Islamism --- Jewish --- Jews --- South Asia --- India --- Pakistan --- Islamic State --- ISIS --- anti-Semitism --- anti-Shiism --- terrorism --- genocide --- radicalization --- Palestine --- Israel --- Christianity --- religiosity --- Hungary --- quantitative analysis --- Eliade --- history of religions --- traditionalism --- alt-right --- religious antisemitism --- supersessionism --- replacement theory --- Bowers --- Poway --- Pittsburgh --- Jersey --- Black Hebrew Israelites

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This volume examines the different and sometimes contradictory approaches of four UN human rights committees to the concept of religion. Drawing on critical perspectives from religious studies, the book combines a genealogical assessment of the role of religion in international law with a detailed textual study of the reporting practice of the committees monitoring racial discrimination, civil and political rights, women's rights, and children's rights. Årsheim argues that the role of religion within the rights traditions monitored by the committees varies to the extent that their recommendations risk contradicting one another, thereby undermining their credibility and potential to bring about real change on the ground: Where some committees view religion singularly as a core individual right, others see religion partly as an inherent threat to the realization of other rights, but also as a potent social force to be reckoned with. In order to remedy this situation, Årsheim proposes the publication of a joint general comment by all the committees, spelling out their approach to the role of religion in the implementation of human rights.

Freedom of religion (International law) --- Religious minorities --- Religious discrimination --- Religion and international relations --- Religion and law --- Law --- Law and religion --- Religious liberty (International law) --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Law and legislation --- Religious aspects --- United Nations. --- CRC --- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child --- Committee on the Rights of the Child (United Nations) --- Comité des droits de l'enfant --- Comité sobre los Derechos del Niño de Naciones Unidas --- Comité Internacional de los Derechos del Niño del Sistema de Naciones Unidas --- CEDAW --- CEDAW Committee --- Komite PBB Untuk Penghapusan Diskriminasi Terhadap Perempuan --- Sīdāw --- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Organization) --- Convenção para a Eliminação de Todas as Formas de Discriminação Contra a Mulher --- Sīḍō --- Yŏsŏng Ch'abyŏl Ch'ŏlp'ye Wiwŏnhoe --- CERD --- CERD Committee --- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial de Naciones Unidas-CERD --- United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- International relations --- International relations and religion --- Religion and international affairs --- Freedom of religion --- Minorities --- International law --- 342.72/.73 --- 342.72/.73 Mensenrechten. Amnesty International. Euthanasie --- Mensenrechten. Amnesty International. Euthanasie --- Religion and international relations. --- Religion and law. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation. --- Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women --- Religious issues & debates --- Sociology --- Law. --- human rights. --- religion.

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Preface Several countries have recently realized that the present paradigm of development in environmental and energy fields is unsustainable. As global awareness of environmental issues grows, governments worldwide are promoting policies which aim to limit the harmful effects of human development on the environment. In particular, these novel policies seek to address the rapid increase of the global temperature (especially in the polar regions) as well as to manage human plastic waste accumulating in seas. To resolve these issues will require a number of actions to be implemented; unfortunately, the recent COP 24 Conference was unsuccessful in establishing a global agreement to achieve these actions. In order for the upcoming 2020 COP 26 Conference to be successful in creating such an agreement, the scientific community must support the policymakers’ efforts. Within this framework, it is necessary to show the efforts of countries worldwide as they try to negotiate an agreement to increase the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, the research reports generated can provide quantitative measures of the necessary actions to be implemented in order to address sustainable and efficient energy use. Among other topics, the papers presented in this issue investigate innovations in novel efficient and environmentally friendly technologies mainly based on renewable energy sources. The study also highlights the different sectors involved in this task, such as energy conversion systems, urban areas, mobility, sustainability, water management, social aspects, etc. In this field, the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference provides the foremost forum for discussion on these topics. The 13th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was held in Palermo, Italy in 2018. This Special Issue of Energies, precisely dedicated to 13th SDEWES Conference, features papers in three main topics: Energy policy and energy efficiency in urban areas, energy efficiency in industry, biomass and other miscellaneous energy systems.

sewage sludge --- torrefaction --- steam gasification --- tars --- water recycling --- wastewater treatment --- environmental and energy performance --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- crude oil refining --- high-efficiency cogeneration --- primary energy saving --- electricity from cogeneration --- paper industry --- GateCycle --- CO2 emissions avoided --- sinter --- porous media --- local thermal non-equilibrium --- exergy destruction minimization --- BP neural network --- genetic algorithm --- urban simulation --- photovoltaics --- heat pump --- co-generation --- heat demand analysis --- low-temperature district heating --- district cooling --- energy storage --- linear programming --- tropical climate --- integrated energy modelling --- energy system optimization --- temporal resolution --- energy planning --- variable renewable energy sources --- Discrete Element Model --- gas–solid flow --- heat transfer enhancement --- entransy dissipation --- numerical simulation --- optimization --- control strategy --- peak-shaving --- mCHP --- Stirling engine --- renewable energy --- energy consumption profile --- heavy truck traffic --- road transport --- liquefied natural gas (LNG) --- alternative fuels --- hydrogen --- hydrogen pipelines --- hydrogen transmission --- pipeline transmission --- pressure drop --- pinch analysis --- heat exchanger network (HEN) design --- plus-minus principle --- supply temperature --- disturbances --- maximum energy recovery --- bypass --- economic evaluation --- two-phase flow regime --- airlift pump --- void fraction --- image analysis --- efficiency optimization --- energy microgrids --- energy system integration --- smart building clusters --- hybrid renewable systems --- heat pumps --- district heating --- cogeneration --- natural gas --- natural gas regulation station --- turboexpander --- pressure regulator --- energy recovery --- energy conversion --- energy system analysis --- flue gas heat recovery --- exergy --- coefficient of performance --- thermoelectric generator --- organic rankine cycle --- district energy systems --- anaerobic digestion and composting --- circular economy --- energy return on investment --- hydrogen bioenergy --- food waste hierarchy --- biofuel --- CI engine --- combustion --- emission --- greenhouse gas --- jatropha biodiesel --- nanoparticle --- performance --- Covenant of Mayors --- indirect emission allocation --- local energy generation --- geoenergetics --- ground source heat pumps --- borehole heat exchangers --- thermal response test --- borehole thermal energy storage --- bioelectricity --- carbon capture --- negative emissions --- sugarcane --- biomass --- climate change --- wave energy converters --- Power Take Off --- EP4 --- latching --- wave flume --- floating --- moorings --- renewable electricity generation systems --- SDEWES 2018 --- chicken manure --- proximate and ultimate analysis --- energy potential --- sustainable smart city --- mathematical optimisation --- urban design --- bilevel modelling --- location theory --- traffic assignment --- infrastructure expansion --- building location --- sustainable development --- energy efficiency in industry