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Copts and Muslims in Egypt: Two Communities, One Nation Fikry Andrawes 9789774168703
RRP: $58.48$47.11For the most part of their shared history, Copts and Muslims in Egypt have experienced bouts of sectarian tension alternating with peaceful coexistence. Copts and Muslims in Egypt tells the story of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the coming of... -
Naming the Sacred: Religious Toponymy in History, Theology and Politics Peter Petkoff 9783847109730
RRP: $83.83$68.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847109730Author Peter PetkoffFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint V&R unipress GmbHPublisher V&R unipress GmbHWeight(grams) 462g -
Under the Sign of the Cross: The Politics of Church-Building in Postsocialist Romania by Giuseppe Tateo 9781789208580
RRP: $193.05$155.67Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book investigates the construction of the world's highest Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Through the notion of re-consecration, the book brings together sociological and anthropological... -
Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage by Markus Balkenhol 9781789204834
RRP: $193.05$155.67Focusing on mobility, religion, and belonging, the volume contributes to transatlantic anthropology and history by bringing together religion, cultural heritage and placemaking in the Atlantic world. The entanglements of these domains are... -
Paul Tillich and Religious Socialism: Towards a Kingdom of Peace and Justice by Kirk R. MacGregor 9781793605061
RRP: $157.95$138.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793605061Author Kirk R. MacGregorFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
Sacred Places, Emerging Spaces: Religious Pluralism in the Post-Soviet Caucasus by Tsypylma Darieva 9781785337826
RRP: $193.05$155.67Though long-associated with violence, the Caucasus is a region rich with spirituality. Based on fresh ethnographies and studies of sacred sites in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, Sacred Places, Emerging Spaces discusses vanishing and emerging... -
Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach by Samuel Cruz 9781498515856
RRP: $87.75$77.01Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach offers an introduction to the broad diversity of contemporary Christianities in a rich, complex, changing, and challenging city context. Cruz focuses upon a variety of changing communities... -
Tough Love: Sexuality, Compassion, and the Christian Right by Cynthia Burack 9781438449869
RRP: $49.74$43.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438449869Author Cynthia BurackFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding by Atalia Omer 9780197683026
RRP: $44.83$38.14An investigation of what consolidating religion as a technology of peacebuilding and development does to people's accounts of their religious and cultural traditions and why interreligious peacebuilding entrenches colonial legacies in the present. ... -
Walter Lippmann: American Skeptic, American Pastor by Prof Mark Thomas Edwards 9780192895165
RRP: $78.00$66.79Walter Lippmann was arguably the most recognized and respected political journalist of the twentieth century. His "Today and Tomorrow" columns attracted a global readership of well over ten million. Lippmann was the author of numerous books, including... -
Pacifism and Pentecostals in South Africa: A new hermeneutic for nonviolence by Marius Nel 9781138587182
RRP: $263.25$228.70Most of the early twentieth-century Pentecostal denominations were peace churches that encouraged a stance of conscientious objection. However, since the Second World War Pentecostals have largely abandoned their pacifist viewpoint as they have taken on... -
Religious Leaders and the Regime in the Second Republic of Zimbabwe by Bekithemba Dube 9781666936773
RRP: $157.95$138.57Religious Leaders and the Regime in the Second Republic of Zimbabwe looks at the nexus of religion and politics in Zimbabwe. Religious leaders and institutes are discussed as either regime enablers, resistors, or transformers. This book focuses on how... -
The Religious Dimensions of Shared Spaces: When and How Religion Matters in Space-Sharing Arrangements by Paul D. Numrich 9781793639349
RRP: $165.75$145.29Space sharing by groups and organizations is widespread in the United States, from commercial partnerships, to government and private sector joint use agreements, to the use of public facilities and commons, and more. Drawing upon a variety of historical... -
Personality Cult and Politics in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando 9780367524463
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book approaches perceptions of Robert Gabriel Mugabe within Zimbabwe and beyond during his period in power and towards the end of his time in government. The book examines how Mugabe became the focus of a thriving personality cult, studying the... -
Religious Studies Scholars as Public Intellectuals Sabrina D. MisirHiralall (Montclair State University, USA) 9780367589943
RRP: $77.98$68.37The prominence of religion in recent debates around politics, identity formation, and international terrorism has led to an increased demand on those studying religion to help clarify and contextualise religious belief and practice in the public sphere... -
On the Significance of Religion for Global Diplomacy by Philip McDonagh 9780367514341
RRP: $189.13$163.90What could it mean, in terms of strengthening multilateral diplomacy, if the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union, and other regional diplomatic frameworks engaged more creatively with a religious... -
Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age by Thomas C Berg 9780802881694
RRP: $46.78$33.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802881694Author Thomas C BergFormat HardbackPage Count 373Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)... -
Seeing and Believing: Religion, Digital Visual Culture, and Social Justice by Ellen T. Armour 9780231209052
RRP: $54.60$42.51Social media platforms are often denounced as "bubbles" or "echo chambers." In this view, what we see tends to reinforce what we already believe, and what we already believe shapes what we see. Yet social movements such as Black Lives Matter rely heavily... -
Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy by Finbarr Curtis 9780231205726
RRP: $179.40$160.11Liberalism puts its trust in civil discourse and rational argument. Today, its opponents enthusiastically flout these norms, making a show of defying so-called political correctness. In the Trump era and beyond, right-wing figures delight in sheer... -
Owning the Secular: Religious Symbols, Culture Wars, Western Fragility Matt Sheedy 9781032080161
RRP: $35.08$31.28Owning the Secular examines three case studies dealing with religious symbols and cultural identity, including two public controversies over the veil in Canada - at the federal level and in the province of Quebec - and an ex-Muslim podcaster rethinking... -
Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz 9780823299492
RRP: $169.65$147.28.Book InformationISBN 9780823299492Author Sarah Riccardi-SwartzFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Fordham University PressPublisher Fordham University PressWeight(grams) 152g -
The Sexual Politics of Black Churches by Josef Sorett 9780231188326
RRP: $228.15$202.78This book brings together an interdisciplinary roster of scholars and practitioners to analyze the politics of sexuality within Black churches and the communities they serve. In essays and conversations, leading writers reflect on how Black churches have... -
Conflict, Politics, and the Christian East: Assessing Contemporary Developments by Christopher Rhodes 9781032077925
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book brings a crucial perspective to the examination of religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by focusing on the roles that Christian churches play in politics in this region. The overwhelming academic focus on Islam, the... -
Chasing the Devil at Foggy Bottom: The Future of Religion in American Diplomacy by Shaun A Casey 9780802881700
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802881700Author Shaun A CaseyFormat HardbackPage Count 269Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)... -
Islamophobia and the West: The Making of a Violent Civilization by Imbesat Daudi 9781032319735
RRP: $243.75$210.33This book provides an engaging and insightful look into the definitions, discourse and experiences of Islamophobia and its steady rise since 9/11. It analyses concepts and binaries that are drawn around discussions on civilization, religious dogma,... -
Islamophobia and the West: The Making of a Violent Civilization by Imbesat Daudi 9781032346304
RRP: $74.08$65.09This book provides an engaging and insightful look into the definitions, discourse and experiences of Islamophobia and its steady rise since 9/11. It analyses concepts and binaries that are drawn around discussions on civilization, religious dogma,... -
Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction by Laura E. Alexander 9780367414979
RRP: $70.18$61.80This is the first textbook to introduce religion and human rights to undergraduate students, arranged by theme (rather than, for instance, religious tradition); and emphasizing specific issues and case studies. This textbook uses accessible, engaging and... -
Sister Death: Political Theologies for Living and Dying by Beatrice Marovich 9780231208369
RRP: $204.75$159.43Life and death are commonly seen as representing the starkest of binaries: Death is the ultimate adversary of all that lives. Beatrice Marovich argues that such understandings of mortality have been deeply influenced by a strain of Christian political... -
Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions by Eileen Barker 9780367694494
RRP: $77.98$68.37Much has been written about the law as it affects new and minority religions, but relatively little has been written about how such religions react to the law. This book presents a wide variety of responses by minority religions to the legal environments... -
Capitalism and Christianity: The Possibility of Christian Personalism by Richard C. Bayer 9780878407316
$103.74With socialism in eclipse and market economies gaining acceptance worldwide, a new kind of ethics is needed to address social injustice and inequity. Richard C. Bayer debunks the present direction of mainstream social ethical theory by advancing market... -
The Wilderness: Israel's Ultimate Wandering by Ramon Bennett 9789659000104
RRP: $33.11$28.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789659000104Author Ramon BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Ramon BennettPublisher Ramon BennettWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Faith in Schools: Religion, Education, and American Evangelicals in East Africa by Amy Stambach 9780804768511
RRP: $46.78$40.64American Evangelicals have long considered Africa a welcoming place for joining faith with social action, but their work overseas is often ambivalently received. Even among East African Christians who share missionaries' religious beliefs, understandings... -
Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests by Gregory Allen Smith 9781589011939
RRP: $93.60$82.70For well over a century the Catholic Church has articulated clear positions on many issues of public concern, particularly economics, capital punishment, foreign affairs, sexual morality, and abortion. Yet the fact that some of the Church's positions do... -
Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism by Damon T. Berry 9780815635321
$60.12Since the 1980 US presidential races, the term ""religious right"" has come to signify a politically and socially conservative form of Christianity. This term implies a joining of socially conservative evangelical Christianity with conservative politics... -
Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain: Up to the Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom by Stephen McKenna
RRP: $31.67$25.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770831827Author Stephen McKennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Theophania PublishingPublisher Theophania PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice Adam Dinham (Goldsmiths, University of London) 9781447316664
RRP: $54.58$42.84This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It makes the case for a... -
Separation of Church and State: Founding Principle of Religious Liberty by Frank Lambert
RRP: $56.45$44.69Frank Lambert tackles the central claims of the Religious Right "historians" who insist that America was conceived as a "Christian State," that modern-day "liberals" and "secularists" have distorted and/or ignored... -
God in the Tumult of the Global Square: Religion in Global Civil Society by Mark Juergensmeyer
RRP: $33.13$26.62How is religion changing in the twenty-first century? In the global era, religion has leapt onto the world stage, often in contradictory ways. Some religious activists are antagonistic and engage in protests, violent acts, and political challenges... -
Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents by Michael J. Schuck
RRP: $60.45$53.35Compiling scholarly essays from a unique three-year Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project, Democracy, Culture, Catholicism richly articulates the diverse and dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the... -
The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois by James Simeone
RRP: $76.05$66.53James Simeone's case study uncovers in the 1846 expulsion of Mormons from Illinois an important object lesson for American democracy today, revealing the impossibility of state neutrality in the face of entrenched group beliefs and segregated settlement...