Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

This is a case study of one congregation within the Unity Fellowship Church Movement that relies on therapeutic religion, a form of religion that s...

The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow exa...

The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine tha...

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food pove...

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia: on the night after the terrorist attack killing thirty-eight tourists on the nearby beach of Sousse, a woman sits facing th...

When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. To...

Society is made up of various cultural groups trying to live together. We aim for social cohesion, but how do we do this as society becomes increas...

An epic history of the other Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe unt...

Many scholars and church leaders believe that music and worship style are essential in stimulating diversity in congregations. Gerardo Marti draws ...

In this book, Dennis C. Dickerson examines the long history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its intersection with major social moveme...

For almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state. They have been made ...

How American conflicts about religion have always symbolized our foundational political values When Americans fight about religion, we are also...

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

An anthropologist's groundbreaking account of how Islamic religious authority is assembled through the unceasing labor of community building on the...