Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects

Religion ist ein gesellschaftliches Feld, das starken Dynamiken unterworfen ist: Religion und Religiosität reagieren sensibel auf sozialen Wandel, ...

Pentecostalism is one of the most significant modern movements in global Christianity today. A mixture of ecstatic expression and earnest piety, me...

Practical theology has outgrown its traditional pastoral paradigm. The articles in this handbook recognize that faith, spirituality, and lived reli...

This edited volume proffers a sociological outlook on the challenges contemporary societies face when states attempt to govern religious and cultur...

How do stories change the way we see both ourselves and the world? That question is the starting-point of this accomplished new contribution to nar...

This book presents a new reading of the history of French social science and religion through an investigation of early sociologys techniques for n...

A hilarious and eye-opening account of leaving Christian Nationalism behind to follow Jesus better.April Ajoy wouldn't have called herself a Christ...

Essays on the contradictory resurgence of religion and liberalism in the twenty-first century by one of the most important voices in the study of t...

Historically in middle-class Bengali Hindu households it has been the matriarchs responsibility to arrange and maintain the domestic shrine and to ...

This book delves into the future of the relationship between religion and the status of women. With contributions from distinguished scholars, it e...

Die interreligiöse Hermeneutik erweist sich in einer von kultureller Vielfalt und religiöser Pluralität geprägten globalisierten Welt als unverzich...

Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond examines the deployment of religious soft power in African states and the potential ...

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...

Der dritte Band des Handbuchs Anarchismus bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Regionen, in denen der Anarchismus wirkmächtig war. 

This edited volume offers new and exciting perspectives on the social study of science and religion through current scholarship grounded in Science...

This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, England, to examine gangs and ...

Evangelical Christianity is often thought of as oppressive to women. The #MeToo era, when many women hit a breaking point with rampant sexism, has ...

Serving with a Heart: Securing the Future reflects and highlights Singapore's efforts on highlighting countering online radicalisation through the ...

The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism, and on empowering ...

In Religious, Feminist, Activist, Laurel Zwissler investigates the political and religious identities of women who understand their social-justice ...

In Religious, Feminist, Activist, Laurel Zwissler investigates the political and religious identities of women who understand their social-justice ...

In Intersectional Identities of Christian Women in the United States: Faith, Race, and Feminism, Amanda Hernandez explores the complex relationship...

Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and r...

Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and r...

Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injustice In the United States restorative just...

Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injustice In the United States restorative just...

Can we return to worlds destroyed by colonial violence? In a series of letters to her father, her great-grandmothers, and her children-and to think...

This open access book describes the worlds increasingly multicultural societies face the problem that more and more diverse lifestyles (LGBTQIA+ co...

The Affective Agency of Public Space explores the pivotal role that public spaces play in fostering social inclusion and community cohesion within ...

How are Western, mostly secular, societies handling religion in its increasingly pluralistic and complex forms? Here, the authors study the interac...

The on-going Eurozone crisis frequently makes front page news, but aspects of its deeper implications are more rarely discussed in media. In Crisis...

In der Geschichtswissenschaft werden in jÃngster Zeit verstärkt Diskussionen Ãber die methodischen Ansätze von Vergleich und Kulturtransfer gefÃh...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerWith a foreword by King Charles III.'A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the ve...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerWith a foreword by King Charles III.'A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the ve...