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Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change by Melissa J. Wilde 9780691161723
RRP: £20.00£15.94On an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history. For the first time in centuries, they attended masses that were conducted mostly in their native tongues. This occasion marked only the... -
The Politics of Evangelical Identity: Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada by Lydia Bean 9780691161303
RRP: £35.00£27.61It is now a common refrain among liberals that Christian Right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical Christianity for partisan gain. The Politics of Evangelical Identity challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor... -
Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion by Wade Clark Roof 9780691089966
RRP: £35.00£27.61In large chain bookstores the "religion" section is gone and in its place is an expanding number of topics including angels, Sufism, journey, recovery, meditation, magic, inspiration, Judaica, astrology, gurus, Bible, prophesy, evangelicalism, Mary,... -
Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Modern State by Jonathan Laurence 9780691220543
RRP: £92.00£71.58The surprising similarities in the rise and fall of the Sunni Islamic and Roman Catholic empires in the face of the modern state Coping with Defeat presents a historical panorama of the Islamic and Catholic political-religious empires and exposes... -
Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion by Melissa J. Wilde 9780520303201
RRP: £80.00£60.81Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? Melissa J. Wilde shows how today's modern divisions began in the 1930s in the public battles over birth control and not for the... -
Good Catholics: The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church by Patricia Miller 9780520287532
RRP: £25.00£19.18Good Catholics tells the story of the remarkable individuals who have engaged in a nearly fifty-year struggle to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church, as well as the concurrent efforts of the Catholic hierarchy to... -
The God Problem: Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable by Robert Wuthnow 9780520274280
RRP: £30.00£23.22The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In "The God Problem", Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith... -
Theologies of American Exceptionalism by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan 9780253061706
RRP: £72.00£60.92How does viewing the American project through a theological lens complicate and enrich our understanding of America? Theologies of American Exceptionalism is a collection of fifteen interlocking essays reflecting on exceptionalist claims in and about the... -
The New Third Rome: Readings of a Russian Nationalist Myth by Jardar Ostbo 9783838208701
RRP: £28.99£23.38This in-depth analysis discloses the sources, contents, and implications of post-Soviet Russian messianism. Since its rediscovery 150 years ago, writers ranging from Western critics of Moscow's foreign policy to ardent Russian imperialists have used the... -
The Sociology of Religion: A Historical Review by Leela D'Souza 9788170339281
£40.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170339281Author Leela D'SouzaFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint RawatPublisher Rawat -
Sociology through Religion with Mindful Daily Living Stories by Yunus Kumek 9781951050085
£32.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951050085Author Yunus KumekFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Sage Chronicle Publishing HousePublisher Sage Chronicle Publishing HouseWeight(grams)... -
Does God Live in the Suburbs?: What Ordinary People Believe by Myer Bloom 9781920787165
RRP: £26.99£15.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920787165Author Myer BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Indra PublishingPublisher Indra Publishing -
Fabricating Difference by Steven W. Ramey 9781781794869
RRP: £60.00£56.36The fabrication of groups as different, as other, often has significant consequences, including violence and discrimination. This volume focuses on the discourses that construct Islam in the aftermath of traumatic events and thus illustrates how academic... -
Science, Belief and Society: International Perspectives on Religion, Non-Religion and the Public Understanding of Science by Stephen H Jones 9781529206944
RRP: £85.99£66.10The relationship between science and belief has been a prominent subject of public debate for many years, one that has relevance to everything from science communication, health and education to immigration and national values. Yet, sociological analysis... -
A Qualitative Study of Black Atheists: "Don't Tell Me You're One of Those!" by Daniel Swann 9781498592390
RRP: £81.00£74.51A Qualitative Study of Black Atheists: "Don't Tell Me You're One of Those" is an interdisciplinary examination of a group that is rarely the study of inquiry, Black Atheists. Using in-depth, qualitative interviews, Daniel Swann builds a... -
God on High: Religion, Cannabis, and the Quest for Legitimacy by Laurie Cozad 9781498504041
RRP: £81.00£74.51God on High examines cannabis-based religious groups in Canada and the United States. These religious groups are on the rise as cannabis use is further decriminalized or legalized. In examining these groups, Laurie Cozad explores the triangular... -
Religion Is Raced: Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century by Religion is Raced Grace Yukich 9781479808748
RRP: £33.00£28.65Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century When white people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of... -
Religion Is Raced: Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century by Religion is Raced Grace Yukich 9781479808670
RRP: £89.00£76.31Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century When white people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of... -
"Jesus Saved an Ex-Con": Political Activism and Redemption after Incarceration by Edward Orozco Flores 9781479884148
RRP: £80.00£68.37An examination of the efforts of faith-based organizations to expand the rights of the formerly incarcerated The use of religion to rehabilitate and redeem formerly incarcerated individuals has been a cultural touchstone of the modern era. Yet... -
The Urban Church Imagined: Religion, Race, and Authenticity in the City by Jessica M. Barron 9781479877669
£89.88Explores the role of race and consumer culture in attracting urban congregants to an evangelical church The Urban Church Imagined illuminates the dynamics surrounding white urban evangelical congregations' approaches to organizational vitality and... -
The Impossible Jew: Identity and the Reconstruction of Jewish American Literary History by Benjamin Schreier 9781479868681
£90.28He destroys in order to create. In a sweeping critique of the field, Benjamin Schreier resituates Jewish Studies in order to make room for a critical study of identity and identification. Displacing the assumption that Jewish Studies is necessarily the... -
Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature by Jodi Eichler-Levine 9781479822294
RRP: £25.99£22.04This compelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African American children's literature. Through close readings of selected titles published since 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religious history... -
New Religions & Globalization by Armin W. Geertz 9788779342941
RRP: £22.78£18.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788779342941Author Armin W. GeertzFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press -
Religion & Identity in Europe: The Makings of Religious Enemies in Antiquity & Today by Susanne William Rasmussen 9788776747633
RRP: £29.50£23.67Examining the clash between Roman religion and Christianity in Antiquity, and juxtaposing this with some of the cultural and religious conflicts currently unfolding in Europe, the author draws attention to interesting parallels linking religion,... -
Religion, Populism, and Modernity: Confronting White Christian Nationalism and Racism by Atalia Omer 9780268205812
RRP: £112.00£95.18In this timely book, an interdisciplinary group of scholars investigates the recent resurfacing of White Christian nationalism and racism in populist movements across the globe. Religion, Populism, and Modernity examines the recent rise of White... -
Creating the Creation Museum: How Fundamentalist Beliefs Come to Life by Kathleen C. Oberlin 9781479881642
RRP: £80.00£68.37Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG),... -
God in Captivity: The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Tanya Erzen 9780807041550
RRP: £17.99£13.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807041550Author Tanya ErzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Chosen Faith, Chosen Land: The Untold Story of America's 21st Century Shakers by Jeannine Lauber 9780892728114
RRP: £25.00£23.21This book takes a look at the faith, philosophy, and way of life of the country's one remaining Shaker community. Lauber explores their spiritual and daily lives by weaving together proprietary Shaker quotations, interviews, and photographs. The result... -
Rituals and Ethics: Patterns of Repentance Judaism,Christianity,Islam by Adriano Destro 9789042914711
£73.17What patterns of repentance are presented by such different religious traditions as Judaism, Christianity and Islam? How are transgressions cancelled in the eyes of God, the individual and society? What individual and collective actions are necessary for... -
Religious Cultures - Communities of Belief by Jurgen Gebhardt 9783825356132
RRP: £54.00£47.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825356132Author Jurgen GebhardtFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 794g -
Global Hindu Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Kalpana Hiralal 9781032652665
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines Hinduism from both a historical and contemporary perspective. It provides some interesting insights into factors that shaped and defined Hinduism in the diaspora. It also examines the challenges facing Hinduism in the twenty-first... -
The Arab and Jewish Questions: Geographies of Engagement in Palestine and Beyond by Bashir Bashir 9780231199209
RRP: £88.00£67.57Nineteenth-century Europe turned the political status of its Jewish communities into the “Jewish Question,” as both Christianity and rising forms of nationalism viewed Jews as the ultimate other. With the onset of Zionism, this “question” migrated to... -
A New And Right Spirit: Creating An Authentic Church in a Consumer Culture by Rick Barger 9781566993067
£28.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566993067Author Rick BargerFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Alban Institute, IncPublisher Alban Institute, IncWeight(grams) 231g -
Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice: What Has Worked, What Hasn't, and Lessons We Can Learn by Robert Wuthnow 9780691250830
RRP: £30.00£22.82The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive religious organizations been missing in action in recent struggles for racial justice? In Faith Communities and... -
Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture by Lawrence Fine 9780271087955
RRP: £29.95£26.39The ubiquity of friendship in human culture contributes to the fallacy that ideas about friendship have not changed and remained consistent throughout history. It is only when we begin to inquire into the nature and significance of the concept in... -
Religion at the Edge: Nature, Spirituality, and Secularity in the Pacific Northwest by Paul Bramadat 9780774867627
RRP: £81.00£70.21The Cascadia bioregion - British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon - has long been at the forefront of cultural shifts occurring throughout North America, in particular regarding religious institutions, ideas, and practices. Religion at the Edge explores... -
Spirit Service: Vodun and Vodou in the African Atlantic World by Eric James Montgomery 9780253061904
RRP: £81.00£69.21Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodun, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and... -
A Mitad de Camino: La Falacia de La Iluminacion Prematura by Mariana Caplan 9788472455641
RRP: £23.95£16.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788472455641Author Mariana CaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 129g -
How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps by Ryan T. Cragun 9781634310123
RRP: £11.95£8.37Do you want the greatest challenges of the day to be addressed with thoughtful, reality-based solutions rather than with cherry-picked quotations from scripture? Do you want to shrink religion-especially fundamentalist religion-to the point that it plays... -
Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland's Jewish Revival by Genevieve Zubrzycki 9780691237220
RRP: £100.00£76.61An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival, largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new interest in all...