Search results for “[Subject: social-themes-religion-faith]”

• Author(s): Ana-Maria Pascal • Publisher: Information Science Reference • Publisher Imprint: Information Science Reference • BISAC: FaithReligion is considered by many to be something of the past, but it has a lasting hold in society and influen...

• Author(s): Franco Ferrarotti • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Christianity - History - GeneralWe live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important s...

• Author(s): Franco Ferrarotti • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryWe live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important ...

• Author(s): Eric Carlton • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EducationThe principle purpose of Religious Education has traditionally been to instruct and inform, with discussion and questioning occupying a s...

• Author(s): Robert Coles • Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Skylight Paths Publishing • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionA classic of faith-based activism--updated for a new generation. Why was Daniel Berrigan wanted by the F...

• Author(s): Eric Carlton • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EducationThe principle purpose of Religious Education has traditionally been to instruct and inform, with discussion and questioning occupying a s...

• Author(s): Charles Davis | Duncan Forrester | Alistair Kee • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralIn this book a leading contemporary theologian provides an account...

• Author(s): Ruth Nicholls | Peter G. Riddell • Publisher: Mst (Melbourne School of Theology) • Publisher Imprint: Mst (Melbourne School of Theology) • BISAC: Christian Education - AdultThe concept of a multifaith society has flooded public disco...

• Author(s): Charles Davis • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralIn this book a leading contemporary theologian provides an account and a critique of contemporary th...

• Author(s): Simon N. Patten | The MacMillan Company • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryIn this book, Simon Nelson Patten explores the social and economic factors that shape re...

• Author(s): Rebecca A. Glazier • Publisher: Temple University Press • Publisher Imprint: Temple University Press • BISAC: Religion, Politics & StatePlaces of worship are important anchor institutions in communities, helping to create social ...

• Author(s): Pauline Kollontai • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Religious Intolerance, Persecution & ConflictReligion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust contributes...

• Author(s): Simon N. Patten • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe Social Basis of Religion is a book written by Simon N. Patten that explores the relationship between religion...

• Author(s): Inger Furseth • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralWhat are religion and nonreligion? How do fundamentalism and religious radicalization emerge and grow? How do social class, gender, sexual...

• Author(s): M. D. Litonjua • Publisher: Authorhouse • Publisher Imprint: Authorhouse • BISAC: SpiritualityLife is all about intersections. Living is where sorrow meets joy, where pain encounters ecstasy, where the weakness of the flesh is buoyed...

• Author(s): Guy Redden • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralReligion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies, institutional practices, communities of ...

• Author(s): Guy Redden • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionReligion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies, institutional practices, communities o...

• Author(s): Edward Scribner Ames • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Comparative Religion""The Place of Religion in the Experience of the Individual and Society"" is a thought-provoking book by Ed...

• Author(s): C. Daniel Batson | Patricia Schoenrade | W. Larry Ventis • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Comparative ReligionIn a thoroughly revised edition of this popular text, the authors...

• Author(s): Wim Hofstee | A. Van Der Kooij • Publisher: Brill • Publisher Imprint: Brill • BISAC: Comparative ReligionThe volume Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society aims at contributing to the debate on the distinction between pub...

• Author(s): Paul Michael Hedges • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: SpiritualityA cutting-edge introduction to contemporary religious studies theory, connecting theory to data....

• Author(s): Beth R. Crisp • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: CounselingThis international volume provides a comprehensive account of contemporary research, new perspect...

• Author(s): Philip A. Mellor • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis book challenges those contemporary sociologists who argue that the notion of 'society' is an outmoded bas...

• Author(s): Titus Hjelm • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Christian Living - Social IssuesHow do you study religion and society? In this fascinating book, some of the most famous names in the field explain...

• Author(s): Anna Halafoff • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThis volume presents the findings of a number of empirical and theoretical studies on education about religions and worldviews (ERW) condu...

• Author(s): Douglas Farrow • Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press • Publisher Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press • BISAC: GeneralWhat does it mean to describe our society as secular? And what role might religion play in its evolution...

• Author(s): Rodney Stark | William Sims Bainbridge • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionDoes religion have the power to regulate human behavior? If so, under what conditions can it prevent crime, de...

• Author(s): William H., Jr. Swatos • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications • BISAC: Comparative ReligionIn the 1960s many sociologists proclaimed traditional religion to be in its death throes. But, just as seculari...

• Author(s): Titus Hjelm • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Christian Living - Social IssuesHow do you study religion and society? In this fascinating book, some of the most famous names in the field explain...

• Author(s): Vincent Kayindu • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Comparative ReligionWhatever human beings consider to be good involves happiness and p...

• Author(s): David Herbert • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Comparative ReligionThis title was first published in 2002: Religion and Social Transformations examines the reciprocal relationship between religion, moder...

• Author(s): Mark Juergensmeyer • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Institutions & OrganizationsThe extraordinary changes in world society at the beginning of the 21st century have involv...

• Author(s): John Walliss | James A. Beckford • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EducationReligion is controversial and challenging. Whilst religious forces are powerful in numerous societies, they have little or no si...

• Author(s): Mark F. Dennis • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: EthicsMankind, clearly seeing the delineation between himself and the animals around hi...

• Author(s): Tomalin Emma • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book In an era which many now recognise as ‘post-secular’, the role that religions play in...

• Author(s): Peter W. Edge | Graham Harvey • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Comparative ReligionThe relationship between law and religion has traditionally been analysed according to two basic paradigms. One has focu...