Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

What does it mean to grow up as an evangelical Christian today? What meanings does 'childhood' have for evangelical adults? How does this shape the...

In September 1980, eight Catholic activists made their way into a Pennsylvania General Electric plant housing parts for nuclear missiles. Evading s...

The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-...

In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venera...

Marriage has not always meant just one man and one woman. For much of human history, over much of the globe, the most common alternative was polyga...

Finalist, Best LGBTQ Nonfiction Book, Lambda Literary Awards 2020 On October 14, 1998, five thousand people gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capi...

To some, Christianity and hip hop seem antithetical. Not so in Kenya. There, the music of Julius Owino, aka Juliani, blends faith and beats into a ...

In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where journalist Katherine Stewart sent her children. The Club, which is sponsored...

Religion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country's increasing secu...

‘Ridiculously enjoyable’ Tom Holland A Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine The ‘Mermaid of Morwenstow’ excomm...

‘Ridiculously enjoyable’ Tom Holland A Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine The ‘Mermaid of Morwenstow’ excomm...

Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular ki...

There is no society without right and wrong. There is no society without sin. But every culture has its own favorite list of trespasses. Perhaps th...

Each year, 200 million of us embark on a pilgrimage of some kind. We have been making ritual journeys for millennia, ever since our ancient ancesto...

The issue′s special report looks at religion and freedom of expression as well as religious offence. When is the right to religious freedom suppres...

There has been a revolution. The God who ruled over us for five hundred years has been overthrown. The soul of England has been transformed, almost...

From Justin Bieber, to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, to the controversial documentary Jesus Camp (2006), the New Apostolic Reformation's inf...

Egypt's lack of a common national identity is the basis for much of its internal conflict--Coptic Christians have been particularly affected. On...

Often considered to be in opposition, American popular culture and popular religion are connected, forming and informing new ways of thinking, w...