Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

This book seeks to address the question of how we should understand the impact of Mitt Romney's faith in the 2012 election. As the first Mormon to ...

This book focuses on Baldwin's experiences as a gifted black writer who fought valiantly against racism and wrote openly about homosexual relations...

This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard a...

The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers...

The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us goin...

The study of religion and politics is a strongly behavioral sub-discipline, and within the American context, scholars place tremendous emphasis on ...

This book explores the relationship between the religious beliefs of presidents and their foreign policymaking. Through the application of a new me...

This book examines the role religion played in the dismantling of Yugoslavia; addressing practical concerns of inter-ethnic fighting, religiously-m...

Addressing the myriad ways in which heresy accusations could fulfill political aims during the Middle Ages, this collection shows acts of heresy we...

Interreligious Friendships after Nostra Aetate explores the ways in which personal relationships are essential for theology. Catholic theologians t...

As the first comprehensive monograph on the relations between the Catholic Church and the European Union, this book contains both a detailed histor...

This book demonstrates principles of Ancestor Veneration Avatars (AVAs), by running avatars based on eleven deceased members of one family through ...

Based on a careful reading of Lenin's Collected Works, Roland Boer pursues the implications for linking Lenin with religion and theology and seeks ...

Based on a careful reading of Lenin's Collected Works, Roland Boer pursues the implications for linking Lenin with religion and theology and seeks ...

This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World throughout his life and career. ...

This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and s...

In this innovative treatment of the ethics of war, Ryan P. Cumming brings classical sources of just war theory into conversation with African Ameri...

This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and wh...

This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and wh...

(Ab)use of religion as a political means to an end: the achievement of nationalist political goals, analyzing 'how' through which mechanisms this p...

In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its o...

Der Homo Sociologicus ist ein Klassiker der Soziologie. Mit einem Nachwort von Heinz Abels. Das Vergnügen, das die Lektüre des schlanken Bandes no...