Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

Unaccompanied migrant children are the most vulnerable group of migrants and refugees. Their experiences, their contested legal status in the host ...

Shortlisted for the Herskovits Award, this book throws light on secrecy and violence in Uganda, Rwanda and the Great Lakes area of East Africa. O...

India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activ...

This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as th...

Researchers, activists, and educators draw inspiration from the radical thought of Lorenzo Milani to invite readers to explore the intricacies, log...

Issues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear ...

In many low-income neighborhoods in El Salvador, two groups have significant influence over the public sphere: gangs and evangelical churches. Memb...

Focusing substantially on the relation between the concept of constitutionalism and Islamic Law in general and how such relation is specifically re...

The immense power the Catholic Church once wielded in Ireland has considerably diminished over the last fifty years. During the same period the Iri...

This is a literary and anthropological analysis of historical narratives that illuminate regional notions of cosmological kingship, cosmopolitan no...

The most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their parents. A myriad of studies show...

China is growing in importance to the economies and governments of the world, and it has been run by men with very different ideas. How China copes...

This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assum...

Leading scholars working on Buddhism and politics in South and Southeast Asia add to current discussions regarding 'Engaged Buddhism' and the recen...

The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's o...

Beginning in the nineteenth century, native women preachers served and led nascent Protestant churches in much of Southern India, evolving their ow...

Rather than wield religion as a weapon or a ruse in irrational appeals, the book attempts to reimagine a shared American mythos and ethos, by remin...

Rather than wield religion as a weapon or a ruse in irrational appeals, the book attempts to reimagine a shared American mythos and ethos, by remin...

The role in public life of religious organizations such as black churches has been a contested and heated topic, with their advocates calling for t...

Using vignettes of Muslim-Christian engagement within the Anglican and Lutheran communities from around the world, this book provides thoughtful An...

The history and politics of secularism and the public role of religion in France, India, Turkey, and the United States. It interprets the varieties...

Two basic assumptions have shaped understanding of recent Iranian history. One is that Shi'ism is an integral part of Iran's religious and cultural...

Two basic assumptions have shaped understanding of recent Iranian history. One is that Shi'ism is an integral part of Iran's religious and cultural...

What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on cognitive dissonance seeks to answer this questi...