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Religion and Democracy Ronald Nettler (Mansfield College, Oxford) 9780631221845
RRP: £17.99£16.04100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organised religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. In many its political... -
American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction Mark A. Noll (University Of Notre Dame) 9780631220008
RRP: £48.95£42.63Mark Noll describes and interprets American Evangelical Christianity, utilising research by theologians, sociologists and political scientists, as well as the author's own historical interests, to explain the position Evangelicalism now occupies at the... -
Governing the Sacred: Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites by Yuval Jobani 9780190932381
RRP: £91.00£72.17Holy sites are often at the center of intense contestation between different groups regarding a wide variety of issues, including ownership, access, usage rights, permissible religious conduct, and many others. They are often the source intractable... -
Faith in Numbers: How Religion Promotes and Undermines Democracy by Michael Hoffman 9780197538012
RRP: £88.00£72.17Why does religion sometimes increase support for democracy and sometimes do just the opposite? In Faith in Numbers, political scientist Michael Hoffman presents a theory of religion, group interest, and democracy. Focusing on communal religion, he... -
Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons by Joshua Dubler 9780190949150
RRP: £34.99£30.09Changes in the American religious landscape enabled the rise of mass incarceration. Religious ideas and practices also offer a key for ending mass incarceration. These are the bold claims advanced by Break Every Yoke, the joint work of two... -
Copts and Muslims in Egypt: Two Communities, One Nation Fikry Andrawes 9789774168703
RRP: £29.99£24.16For 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: £42.99£35.15Apologies 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: £99.00£79.83Based 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: £99.00£79.83Focusing 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: £81.00£71.06Apologies 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: £99.00£79.83Though 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: £45.00£39.49Christianity 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: £25.51£22.22Apologies 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: £22.99£19.56An 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: £40.00£34.25Walter 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: £135.00£117.28Most 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: £81.00£71.06Religious 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: £85.00£74.51Space 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: £39.99£35.06This 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: £39.99£35.06The 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: £96.99£84.05What 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: £23.99£16.94Apologies 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: £28.00£21.80Social 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: £92.00£82.11Liberalism 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: £17.99£16.04Owning 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: £87.00£75.53.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: £117.00£103.99This 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: £135.00£117.28This 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: £25.00£17.62Apologies 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: £125.00£107.86This 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: £37.99£33.38This 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: £35.99£31.69This 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: £105.00£81.76Life 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: £39.99£35.06Much 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
£53.20With 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: £16.98£14.52Apologies 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: £23.99£20.84American 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: £48.00£42.41For 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
£33.22Since 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: £16.24£13.13Apologies 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)...