Sociology: Sociology of Religion

By Imran Awan, Irene Zempi

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in anti-Muslim attacks. What is driving the proliferation of these hate crimes? Why are Muslims being demonised? Building on current research and drawing upon real-life examples and case studies, this book provides an accessible introduction to…

Paperback – 2019-09-01 
Routledge

Edited by David Gilmartin, Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud

This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action…

Paperback – 2019-08-30 
Routledge India

By Arnhild Leer-Helgesen

This book argues that relationships between religion and development in faith-based development work are constructed through repeated processes of negotiation. Rather than being a neat and tidy relationship, faith-based development work is complex and multifaceted: an ongoing series of negotiations…

Hardback – 2019-08-01 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Religion and Development

Edited by John Fahy, Jan-Jonathan Bock

Although its beginnings can be traced back to the late 19th century, the interfaith movement has only recently begun to attract mainstream attention, with governments, religious leaders and grassroots activists around the world increasingly turning to interfaith dialogue and collective action to…

Hardback – 2019-07-31 
Routledge
Social Movements in the 21st Century: New Paradigms

By Saba M. Hussain

Based on empirical research in India, this book presents a post-colonial feminist analysis of subjectivities available to Muslim girls and the ways in which they are inhabited and negotiated. Examining government education policies together with the narratives of teachers and parents, the author…

Hardback – 2019-07-11 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Edited by Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Mark Juergensmeyer

Led by Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Mark Juergensmeyer, nine authors journey into the worlds of unusual, sometimes violent religious groups. Together, these original first-person contributions provide an integrated, problem-solving approach to field research in religious extremism, illustrating…

Paperback – 2019-07-01 
Routledge

Edited by Marja Tiilikainen, Mulki Al-Sharmani, Sanna Mustasaari

This book examines the needs, aspirations, strategies, and challenges of transnational Muslim migrants in Europe with regard to family practices such as marriage, divorce and parenting. Critically re-conceptualising ‘wellbeing’ and unpacking its multiple dimensions in the context of Muslim families…

Hardback – 2019-06-28 
Routledge
Studies in Migration and Diaspora

Edited by Gabriel R. Ricci

The academic treatment of the environment and nature, since the 1980s, has been formalized in sub-disciplines like environmental history, environmental philosophy, ecocriticism and ecospirituality. Within these disciplines the concept of nature has been variously employed to reorient humanity to a…

Paperback – 2019-06-17 
Routledge
Religion and Public Life

By Dimitrios Methenitis

The emergence of religious fundamentalism in a globalized, post-colonial world poses a significant challenge to the "End of History" narratives common in academic and non-academic literature alike. 　 Globalization, Modernity and the Rise of Religious Fundamentalism proposes that we must seek new…

Hardback – 2019-06-13 
Routledge
Routledge Advances in Sociology

By Luigi Berzano

This book examines recent forms of secularisation to demonstrate that we are now witnessing a "fourth secularisation": the autonomy of lifestyles. After introducing two initial secularising movements, from mythos to Logos and from Logos to Christianity, the book sets out how from Max Weber onwards…

Hardback – 2019-06-08 
Routledge
Routledge Focus on Religion

Edited by Aliakbar Jafari, Özlem Sandikci

In recent years, a critically oriented sub-stream of research on Muslim consumers and businesses has begun to emerge. This scholarship, located both within and outside the marketing field, adopts a socio-culturally situated approach to Islam and investigates the complex and multifaceted…

Paperback – 2019-06-06 
Routledge

By Alexa Blonner

This book shows that widespread resacralisation has been taking place, which is producing new ways of perceiving God and the divine. The last century has seen unmistakable changes in religious practices and the concept of spirituality right across the world. There was a broad expectation for much…

Hardback – 2019-05-31 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Religion