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Former Muslims in Europe Between Secularity and Belonging

Former Muslims in Europe: Between Secularity and Belonging

1st Edition

By Maria Vliek
January 09, 2023

Within contemporary Western European academic, media, and socio-political spheres, Muslims are predominantly seen through the lens of increased religiosity. This religiosity is often seen as problematic, especially in the context of securitised discourses of Islamist terrorism. Yet, there are clear...

Religion and its History A Critical Inquiry

Religion and its History: A Critical Inquiry

1st Edition

By Jörg Rüpke
January 09, 2023

Religion and its History offers a reflection of our operative concept of religion and religions, developing a set of approaches that bridge the widely assumed gulf between analysing present religion and doing history of religion. Religious Studies have adapted a wide range of methodologies from ...

Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam Conflict and Cooperation, 1990-2020

Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam: Conflict and Cooperation, 1990-2020

1st Edition

By Sipco J. Vellenga, Gerard A. Wiegers
November 28, 2022

This book focuses on the development of bilateral Jewish-Muslim relations in London and Amsterdam since the late-1980s. It offers a comparative analysis that considers both similarities and differences, drawing on historical, social scientific, and religious studies perspectives. The authors ...

Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm

Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe: Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm

1st Edition

By Maria Hämmerli
October 26, 2022

Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe: Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm explores a religious community that has been getting increasing scholarly attention. While most of the literature in the field looks at this religious tradition in terms of its alleged ...

Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny

Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny

1st Edition

Edited By Thomas G. Kirsch, Kirsten Mahlke, Rijk van Dijk
October 21, 2022

This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and intimate spheres of life. The chapters examine the uncanny in a cross-cultural manner, involving ...

Begging, Street Politics and Power The Religious and Secular Regulation of Begging in India and Pakistan

Begging, Street Politics and Power: The Religious and Secular Regulation of Begging in India and Pakistan

1st Edition

By Sheba Saeed
September 30, 2022

Begging, Street Politics and Power explores the complex phenomenon of begging in the context of two different religions and societies in South Asia. Focusing on India and Pakistan, the book provides an in-depth examination of the religious and secular laws regulating begging along with discussion ...

Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia

Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia

1st Edition

Edited By Galina M. Yemelianova, Egdūnas Račius
September 30, 2022

This book discusses the evolution of state governance of Islam and the nature and forms of local Muslims’ rediscovery of their ‘Muslimness’ across post-communist Eurasia. It examines the effects on the Islamic scene of the political and ideological divergence of Central and South-Eastern Europe ...

Clothes and Monasticism in Ancient Christian Egypt A New Perspective on Religious Garments

Clothes and Monasticism in Ancient Christian Egypt: A New Perspective on Religious Garments

1st Edition

By Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
September 26, 2022

This book is an exploration of the ideals and values of the ascetic and monastic life, as expressed through clothes. Clothes are often seen as an extension of us as humans, a determinant of who we are and how we experience and interact with the world. In this way, they can play a ...

Contemporary Christian-Muslim Dialogue Two Twenty-First Century Initiatives

Contemporary Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Two Twenty-First Century Initiatives

1st Edition

By Douglas Pratt
September 26, 2022

This book introduces and examines the work of two significant 21st century Christian – Muslim dialogue initiatives – "Building Bridges" and the "Christian–Muslim Theological Forum" – and gives close attention to five theological themes that have been addressed in common by them. An overview and ...

Heresy and Borders in the Twentieth Century

Heresy and Borders in the Twentieth Century

1st Edition

Edited By Karina Jakubowicz, Robert Dickins
September 26, 2022

This book explores the shifting and negotiated boundaries of religion, spirituality, and secular thinking in Britain and North America during the twentieth century. It contributes to a growing scholarship that problematises secularization theory, arguing that religion and spirituality increasingly ...

Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking An Outrage Against Any Decent People

Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking: An Outrage Against Any Decent People

1st Edition

Edited By Lauren McGrow
September 08, 2022

This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work in the area of human trafficking that involves the sex industry. There are hundreds of religious organizations around the globe who minister with human trafficking survivors and sex ...

Religion, Family, and Chinese Youth Development An Empirical View

Religion, Family, and Chinese Youth Development: An Empirical View

1st Edition

By Jerf W. K. Yeung
August 01, 2022

Religion is a fundamental cultural factor profoundly influential on human mental health and behavioural choices, and, in addition, family is the most proximal and intimate socialization agent contributive to youth development. Religion, Family, and Chinese Youth Development explores how religious ...

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