For many years, it has been widely reported that church attendance in the West has been in decline. However, there are some significant exceptions to this trend, and many of them have occurred, perhaps unexpectedly, in major cities. The Desecularisation of the City provides the first academic…
Hardback – 2018-10-15
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Routledge Studies in Religion
Education and Muslim Identity During a Time of Tension explores life inside an Islamic Center and school in present-day America. Melanie Brooks’ work draws on in-depth discussions with community and school leaders, teachers, parents and students to present thoughtful and contemporary perspectives…
Hardback – 2018-10-10
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Routledge Research in Education
This title was first published in 2001. 'An age of faith or an age of doubt?'- the question has dominated study of Christianity in the Victorian era. Reinventing Christianity offers a fresh analysis of the vitality and variety of Christianity in Britain and America in the Victorian era. Part One…
Hardback – 2018-09-30
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Routledge Revivals
This title was first published in 2001. How do people in different cultural worlds think about relationships with nature? How do religious ideas become formative of landscape? How can indigenous traditions inform current cultural debates? This book explores ways in which religious perceptions and…
Hardback – 2018-09-30
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Routledge Revivals
This title was first published in 2000. The place of religion in universities and institutes of higher education has become increasingly topical and contested in recent years, largely due to the growth of religious diversity on campus. Issues such as shared worship spaces, equal opportunities, and…
Hardback – 2018-09-30
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Routledge Revivals
This title was first published in 2002: Global Religious Movements in Regional Context offers a wide-ranging exploration of the adaptation and diversity of religious traditions in various geographical, cultural and ethnic contexts within the contemporary world. The book analyses the complexities of…
Hardback – 2018-09-30
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Routledge Revivals
Over recent years there has been a surge of interest in postsecularity. The complex blurring of sacred-secular boundaries has found new expression in particular areas of the public life of cities, with the unexpected resilience and mutation of religion as a powerful political, cultural and global…
Hardback – 2018-09-28
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Routledge Research in Place, Space and Politics
This book examines religious illiteracy in Europe. It seeks to understand religious illiteracy and its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of the historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises. Divided into four…
Hardback – 2018-09-15
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ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
This book examines conceptualizations of religious freedom in various dimensions. The collection brings together leading experts from law, religious studies, social anthropology, and international relations, who present different perspectives which query, define, and clarify aspects of this…
Hardback – 2018-08-31
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ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
This volume presents a timely analysis of some of the current controversies relating to freedom for religion and freedom from religion that have dominated headlines worldwide. The collection trains the lens closely on select issues and contexts to provide detailed snapshots of the ways in which…
Hardback – 2018-08-20
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ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
Minority religions, not only New Religious Movements, are explored in this innovative book including the predicament of ancient religions such as Zoroastrianism, ‘old new’ religions such as Baha’i, and traditional religions that are minorities elsewhere. The book is divided into two parts: the…
Hardback – 2018-08-17
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Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
The most recent dynamics of world capitalism show radical changes in the socio-economics of property management, credit provision and entrepreneurship. If on the one side the emergence of the sharing economy is fostering innovative models of collaborative agency, networking and venture business, on…
Hardback – 2018-08-16
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Islamic Business and Finance Series