Sociology: Sociology of Religion

Edited by Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Alex Toft

This book brings together the work of an international team of experts investigating the intersection of bisexuality, religion and spirituality. Drawing from disciplines such as sociology, psychology, theology, religious studies, and literary studies, it critically examines, both theoretically and…

Hardback – 2020-02-29 
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Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion

Edited by Steven Vertovec, Alistar Rogers

First Published in 1998, this volume consists of contributors providing position of Muslim youth in a European context. Providing case studies from 5 European nations: Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The chapters in this book draw from various of anthropological…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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By Lars Pederson

Published in 1999, this book analyses the development of the recent cultural trend represented by the newer Islamic movements among Muslim immigrants in Western Europe. Included is a comprehensive description of the institutionalisation and organisation of Islam in Western Europe and an…

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By Dale Adelmann

First published in 1997, this book asks how an ecclesiastical climate was created in which Anglican choral worship could flourish in the mid-nineteenth century. Dale Adelmann draws on a wide range of sources, including diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers and critical writings, to answer…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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By Robert Bocock

Originally published in 1974, Ritual in Industrial Society is based on several years’ research including interviews and observations into the importance of ritual in industrial society within modern Britain. The book addresses how identity and meaning for people of all occupations and social…

Hardback – 2020-01-31 
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Routledge Library Editions: Ritual

By Shaun Kingsley Malarney

Originally published in 2002 Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam. Based upon official documents and several years of field research in Thinh Liet Commune, a Red River…

Hardback – 2020-01-30 
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Routledge Library Editions: Ritual

Edited by Philipp Öhlmann, Wilhelm Gräb, Marie-Luise Frost

This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches re-shape the very notion of sustainable development and…

Hardback – 2020-01-27 
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Routledge Research in Religion and Development

By David F. Mullins

This book represents a new direction in the study of religion and marriage by using a postmodern theoretical framework focusing on gendered discourse and culture, to examine the meaning of sacred marriage within social contexts. Drawing upon data from in-depth interviews of couples in long-term,…

Paperback – 2020-01-17 
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Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion

Edited by Medhi Bozorgmehr, Philip Kasinitz

This volume brings together scholarship from two different, and until now, largely separate literatures—the study of the children of immigrants and the study of Muslim minority communities—in order to explore the changing nature of ethnic identity, religious practice, and citizenship in the…

Paperback – 2020-01-17 
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Studies in Migration and Diaspora

By Kevin Mott-Thornton

Published in 1998, this book provides a much needed philosophical analysis of the political and educational issues that are raised when spiritual development is regarded as a central educational aim. The author examines the meaning of spirituality in the educational context and provides a suitable…

Paperback – 2020-01-01 
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By Greg Cootsona

Science and religion represent two powerful forces that continue to influence the American cultural landscape. Negotiating Science and Religion in America sketches an intellectual-cultural history from the Puritans to the twenty-first century focusing on the sometimes turbulent relationship between…

Paperback – 2019-12-24 
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Edited by Jeffrey Haynes

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance. This handbook responds to that development, providing important results of current research involving religion and politics, focusing on:…

Hardback – 2019-12-20 
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