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Now in its second edition, this multidisciplinary text addresses the growing scholarly connection between religion and family life while offering an accurate and engaging account of why and how fami……続きを見る

Les recherches sur les femmes, le genre et la sexualité dans la région du MENA abordent des problématiques pressantes. À en croire les études quantitatives du Forum économique mondial, les sociétés ……続きを見る

Case studies that vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of American religious history American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Four, continues the annual anthology series……続きを見る

This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual wellbeing and human survival. Belief, Behavior, and ……続きを見る

For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are actually deeply connected? And what if science could prove this connection? From neu……続きを見る

A detailed look at how Amish women sustained family farming during the Great Depression. At the end of the Great Depression, the US Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) designated the Old Order Am……続きを見る

An "engrossing and intellectually stimulating" portrait of the countless Americans who believe in paranormal phenomena ( Journal of Religion and Culture). Popular culture makes clear that there's a ……続きを見る

Reflections on A New Mexican Crypto-Jewish Song Book offers close examinations of a manuscript written over a 20-year period by Loggie Carrasco, a well-known crypto-Jew from Albuquerque, New Mexico.……続きを見る

This book offers a fresh social scientific analysis of how theologically conservative male clergy respond to the ordination of women to the priesthood and their consecration as bishops within the Ch……続きを見る

This history of evangelical faith healing in nineteenth-century America examines the nation's shifting attitudes about sickness, suffering, and health. Faith in the Great Physician tells the story o……続きを見る

A cross-disciplinary exploration of comparative religion that offers a "unified field theory" of religion as human behavior. In this book, anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman exa……続きを見る

Covering the period from 200 BCE to 600 CE, this book describes important aspects of identity formation processes within early Judaism and Christianity, and shows how negotiations involving issues o……続きを見る

In A Time to Speak Out, a collection of strong Jewish voices come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews. With articles on such topics as international law, the……続きを見る

In the twenty-first century, humanity faces both unprecedented existential threats and remarkable possibilities for development. While no one knows how things will unfold by century’s end, it is inc……続きを見る

What would happen if I accepted an invitation to Bible Study from Jehovah's Witnesses? What would attending a Kingdom Hall meeting involve? And if I invited door-knocking Witnesses into my home? Thi……続きを見る

¡Cuánto misterio nos reserva la vida! ¡Cuántos mundos y planos conviven en este planeta! "Crónicas paranormales" es una investigación atrapante sobre muchos casos que resultan inexplicables para la ……続きを見る

Is the reform we have seen in the wake of the pedophilia scandals in the Catholic Church meaningful? Have our conversations about the causes of these scandals delved as deeply as they need to? For t……続きを見る

Africana Islamic Studies highlights the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to the formation of Islam in the United States. It specifically focuses on the Nation of Islam and its ……続きを見る

Malone-France brings together important themes from religious studies, philosophy, and political theory to articulate a fundamental re-conception of religious faith and an innovative argument for cl……続きを見る

"A gripping discovery of God's grace where we least expect to find itーin the decaying core of the city." ーRonald A. Nikkel, president, Prison Fellowship International "The story of Lupton's minist……続きを見る

The representation of Islam is unquestionably a critical test for comparing journalistic reporting across countries and cultures. The Islamic religion has weight in international reporting (defining……続きを見る

Sociology and Catholic Social Teaching: Contemporary Theory and Research contains essays by key scholars in the territory where Catholic social thought and secular sociology meet, and offers a much ……続きを見る

Readers are introduced to a range of theoretical and methodological approaches used to understand religion – including sociology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology – and how they can be used ……続きを見る

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and posts……続きを見る

The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopti……続きを見る

Studies of Northern Ireland's ex-combatants ignore religion, while advocates of religious interventions in transitional justice exaggerate its influence. Using interview data with ex-combatants, thi……続きを見る

Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism a……続きを見る

This book is a social critique of the cultural taboo of the female virginity in the Middle East. It highlights the unobtainability of this cultural myth and its multilevel destructive influences on ……続きを見る

Jeffreys explores the spiritual consequences and ethics of modern solitary confinement and emphasizes how solitary confinement damages our spiritual lives. He focuses particularly on how it destroys……続きを見る

This collection of essays examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and chronic illness. Contributors employ a variety of meth……続きを見る