Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

In the hysteria surrounding Political Islam, it is difficult to find analysis that doesn't justify the existence of Islamic leaders or react to the...

Fusing the disciplines of health care, spiritual care, and social services, this book examines the relationship between chronic illness and spiritu...

Troy analyses how the understanding of religion in Realism and the English School helps in working towards the greater good in international relati...

An exploration of the many faces of televangelism in our world today, including Christian, Islamic and Hindu. The collection analyses the correspon...

Based on extensive in-depth interviews with more than thirty active duty chaplains regarding their successes, failures and conflicts, the book is a...

Baker provides a unique insider perspective on factors affecting British Muslim converts and their susceptibility to violent radicalisation, includ...

The first book in the new Postcolonialism and Religions series offers a preview of the series focus on multireligious, indigenous, and transnationa...

This book offers examples from both Christian and secular democratic institutions of higher education and then responds to possible criticisms abou...

Known locally as the birthplace of American religious freedom, Flushing, Queens, in New York City is now so diverse and densely populated that it h...

Known locally as the birthplace of American religious freedom, Flushing, Queens, in New York City is now so diverse and densely populated that it h...

Despite the broadly assumed institutional separation of church and state in contemporary Western politics, there is a trend towards renewed allianc...

Over fifty years ago, Will Herberg theorized that future immigrants to the United States would no longer identify themselves through their races or...

Statues, paintings, and maskslike the bodies of shamans and spirit mediumsgive material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and some...

With the captivating story of a little girl whose parents mistakenly leave her at church, this TGC Kids picture book illustrates Jesuss command to ...

Memoratespersonal experience narratives of encounters with the supernaturalthat recount individuals personal revelations, primarily through the Hol...

The author of Saint Everywhere is answering the call from fans for more reports from her quest to learn from some quietly extraordinary womenand a ...

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century When White people of faith act in a particular way, t...

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

Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of pa...