This book explores some of the political and methodological directions that collectively lead to the repositioning of Is......more
Atheists are a growing but marginalized group in the American religious patchwork and they have been the target of ridic......more
Based on a content analysis of writing assignments from a class on death and dying, this book focuses on the manner in w......more
This volume explores how religious and spiritual actors engage for environmental protection and fight against climate ch......more
This book is a sociological study of the resilience of Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak - one of the indigenous religions of the......more
This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts. Some contributors undertake d......more
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Exploring the subtle political philosophy within the Biblical narrative, this book presents enduring insights that compl......more
Exploring the subtle political philosophy within the Biblical narrative, this book presents enduring insights that compl......more
This book delves into an in-depth discussion around dress and languages and how they have shaped the changes in the Brit......more
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A Pulitzer Prize winner’s intimate portrait of a church, its radical mission, and its riveting crisis. "The revolution I......more
While others have speculated on a connection between religion and sex, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, in Sex, God, and t......more
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What role does religion play in modern societies? Is it merely an anachronism that hinders our economic growth? Is it a ......more
What role does religion play in modern societies? Is it merely an anachronism that hinders our economic growth? Is it a ......more
This handbook contains up-to-date, informed perspectives on how sustainable development issues can be integrated into re......more
This book is the first ’groundwork’ on Muslim NGOs in contemporary Ghana. It builds upon a database of more than 600 Mus......more
Interdisciplinary youth culture research On materiality in youth scenes Studies on belonging and lines of difference...more
Examines the historical, political, religious, and social dynamics of Muslim minority status in Uganda, and important th......more
Altern ist ein sowohl biologischer als auch sozialer Prozess, der sich ber den gesamten Lebenslauf erstreckt und wesentl......more
This book constitutes the second volume of ’Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion’ (Springer, 2020). ......more
In this book, Juli Gittinger argues that America’s fascination (obsession?) with the apocalypse is a synthesis of religi......more
The evolution and spread of Protestantism has been shaped largely by its focus on reading and interpreting the Bible. Fo......more
Religious Satire in the Era of New Atheism presents a contemporary account of religious satire as evidenced by the moder......more
This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion. It examines religious......more
This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion. It examines religious......more
This book rethinks the anthropology of friendship from the perspective of theology and disability, and suggests the resp......more
Throughout history, the world’s great religions have been profoundly shaped by their encounters with successive empires.......more
This edited book brings together leading scholars in the field of Indigenous religions working with Indigenous Peoples f......more
The Problem of Orthodoxy: Evangelicals at the Crossroads of Truth and Power reexamines Christian orthodoxy, especially c......more
This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, Eng......more
"Examines the impact of congregational community engagement efforts for places of worship, their members, and democracy"......more
Places of worship are important anchor institutions in communities, helping to create social capital through discussion ......more
This book explores the decolonization of Holy Cross education in Bangladesh. It reveals how the church’s educational mis......more
This book is a comprehensive introductory text to the subject of Western Muslims’ diverse interpretations, discussions a......more
Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. ......more
This volume aims to revitalize the exchange between sociological differentiation theory and the sociology of religion, w......more
Assessing issues related to the Orthodox Church from an academic, secular point of view is a sensitive matter. However, ......more
This book explores and sheds light on the contemporary discourse between science and religion. Employing the methodologi......more
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Migration presents the story of religion and migration predominantly through the......more
Park investigates the unexpected success of early Korean creationists, who were mostly scientists, and argues that creat......more
Have you ever felt like your work has no meaning? Or like faith and daily life fall into separate days of the week? The ......more
The Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change explores cultural shifts that result from gentrification and redevelopment, showin......more
Governing Religious Diversity in Cities provides original insights into the governance of religious diversity in urban c......more
This volume explores how different forms of Christianity shape people’s visions of pasts and futures, and how the transc......more
These are some of the most fundamental and enduring questions we have about the mysteries of religion, and they may well......more
We are living through the greatest catastrophe since the fall of the Roman Empire. Western civilization isn’t dying: it’......more
This book explores modern European religious and non-religious rituals and their main features by focusing on music as a......more
Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual employs nature, literary tradition, and t......more
I wish to express that I fundamentally believe life has a purpose and that human life is exceptional among all life. I b......more
Two important Aotearoa New Zealand church leaders - Anglican Archbishop Justin Duckworth and sociologist, Baptist Senior......more
In the 20th and 21st centuries, where violence has scarred countless lives, the interplay between religion, politics, an......more
Written by Karim F Hirji, a retired professor of Medical Statistics, Religion, Politics and Society focuses on the four ......more
Retired Missionaries and Faith in a Changing Society offers a sociological study of the Irish missionary diaspora. It dr......more
This book offers a fresh perspective on how science and religion are connected, and how prayer aligns with the laws of n......more
How do urbanization and development intersect with religious dynamics to shape contemporary African cityscapes? To answe......more
Over the past few decades, whilst evading severe governmental restrictions in Iran, the Iranian Evangelical diaspora has......more
Leviticus 17-26, an ancient law text known as the Holiness Code, prescribes how particular persons are to behave in conc......more
Leviticus 17-26, an ancient law text known as the Holiness Code, prescribes how particular persons are to behave in conc......more
This book discusses the cultural importance of spirits, what spirits want, and how humans interact with them, using exam......more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more
This book takes religion as an entry point for a deeper exploration into why practices of gender-based violence continue......more
Serving in the military is often a disruptive event in the lives of those who join, precipitating a reassessment of the ......more
This edited volume focuses on the (un)equal access to the public space granted to the various groups that make up hybrid......more
Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness? Recent years have seen a growing recog......more
Diversity characterises internal dynamics and external relations of all religious groups in their different dimensions: ......more
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Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America a......more
This book explores the phenomenon of conversion to Shi’a Islam in Italy. It thoroughly examines the motivations behind t......more
This book examines the changing significance of intra-European labor mobility in the 21st century. The focus is on the d......more
"Those who believe that the creation and government of the world are the work of a Being Whom it is their duty to love w......more
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This book investigates the origins and development of the theory of four stages of liberation in Pāli literature. This t......more
Populism is a growing threat to human rights. They are appropriated, distorted, turned into empty words or even their op......more
Émile Durkheim remains one of the most controversial, and one of the most deeply misunderstood, classics of social theor......more
Faith Development Interviews offer great insight into people’s ways of (non-)religious meaning-making, and of looking at......more
Since at least the high point of the civil rights movement, African American Christianity has been widely recognized as ......more
Since at least the high point of the civil rights movement, African American Christianity has been widely recognized as ......more
Although the origins of Christianity lie in the Near East, Europe and Christianity have an exceptional relationship, sin......more
The main objective of this book is to add, from a humanist perspective, new interdisciplinary insights and research resu......more
Against a backdrop of continually growing global Islamophobia, this handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary......more
This book focuses on Islam in Indonesia, showcasing the wide range of Muslim organisations, belief systems and movements......more
Inspired by the success of the US Christian Right and the rise of the global far-right, ultraconservative Christians in ......more
This book details how British Catholic communities view abortion, highlighting the diversity of positions which often co......more
This book explores the state of the American Jewish world in the early 21st century, after decades of accelerating chang......more
This open access book offers a concise overview of the theories constructed within the various human sciences around the......more
Repositioning mosques as social, cultural and political spaces, this book provides new insights on key contemporary deba......more
"Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve" (The Wall Street Journal), this is the definitive account ......more
From the 1960s until his death in 2013, Robert N. Bellah was the preeminent figure in the study of religion and society.......more
From the 1960s until his death in 2013, Robert N. Bellah was the preeminent figure in the study of religion and society.......more
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"This book considers the impact of globalization on religious tourism. It presents a range of contemporary case studies ......more
In a polarised milieu that too often posits "queer" and "Christian" as competing realms, this book explores the complexi......more