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Religion and Politics in America
Westview Press 2009; US$ 42.00A lively and accessible exploration of the historical, cultural, and legal contexts that underlie religious political engagement in the United States more...
Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 195.00Today, such issues as abortion, capital punishment, sex education, racism, prayer in public schools, and family values keep religion and politics closely entwined in American public life. This encyclopedia is an A-to-Z listing of a broad range of topics related to religious issues and politics, ranging from the religious freedom sought by the Pilgrims... more...
Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 31.95American society is culturally diverse with a variety of religious denominations, sects, cults, and self-help groups vying for members. This volume analyzes nine of these groups, chosen both for their intrinsic interest and because they illustrate a variety of sociological concepts. The groups included in this study are: Heaven's Gate, Jesus People... more...
The New Religious Movements Experience in America
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 85.00Wherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactionsoften because they challenge established notions of proper religious action, belief, and morality. Opponents of new religious... more...
Spirits, Blood and Drums
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 31.95An anthropologist demystifies a fascinating , eclectic Caribbean religion more...
Religion and Democracy in the United States
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 39.95The United States remains a deeply religious country and religion plays an inextricably critical role in American politics. Controversy over issues such as abortion is fueled by opposition in the Catholic Church and among conservative Protestants, candidates for the presidency are questioned about their religious beliefs, and the separation of church... more...
Society of the Dead
University of California Press 2010; US$ 26.95In a riveting first-person account, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired "society of affliction" that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts Ochoa's attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. As he... more...
Pathology and Identity
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 60.00An anthropological study of the Earth People, a new Caribbean religion led by Mother Earth. more...
Religious Diversity and Social Change
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 48.00This book examines specific ways in which cultural changes affected the structure of the religious establishment. more...
Ranking Faiths
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 48.99Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America discusses how religion shapes access to power, privilege, and prestige in the U.S., both historically and today. Dispelling the idea that the U.S. was founded on the principle of religious equality for all, the authors show how religious inequalities developed, where they remain in society today,... more...









