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The Sociology of Religion
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 37.95The Sociology of Religion is a comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to theoretical debates in the sociology of religion, placing these theories in the context of specific religious beliefs and practices. Using examples as diverse as primitive religions, Buddhism, millenial movements, the Protestant Ethic, secularisation, cults and the new... more...
Peter Berger and the Study of Religion
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 48.95Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and... more...
Challenging Religion
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 206.00In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious 'consumers' have been set against the democratic right to religious... more...
Religion, Theology and the Human Sciences
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 40.00Religion, Theology and the Human Sciences explores the religious consequences of the so-called 'end of history' and 'triumph of capitalism' as they have impinged upon key institutions of social reproduction in recent times. more...
The Frankfurt School on Religion
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 34.95In The Frankfurt School on Religion , Mendieta has brought together a selection of readings and essays which will make available the significant and much-needed, contribution of the thinkers of the Frankfurt School on the religion. more...
Opening the Doors of Wonder
University of California Press 2006; US$ 24.95This bold, pioneering book explores rites of passage in America by sifting through the accounts of influential thinkers who experienced them. Arthur J. Magida explains the underlying theologies, evolution, and actual practice of Jewish bar and bat mitzvahs, Christian confirmations, Hindu sacred thread ceremonies, Muslim shahadas and Zen jukai ceremonies.... more...
Religious Imagination and the Body
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 109.99Offering a feminist perspective on the significance of the body in the context of religious life and practice, this treatise examines the evidence, ranging from the novels of Toni Morrison to the paintings of Frida Kahlo. more...
Religion and the Decline of Fertility in the Western World
Springer 2006; US$ 169.99Provides insights into the relationships between religion and demography during the crucial period of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This book shows the similarities as well as the differences in the positions of the various churches on matters important for reproduction in Western Europe, the US and Canada in the period 1850-1950. more...
The Treasury of American Prayers
The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group 2008; US$ 27.95What I have compiled in this extraordinary treasury are the very private thoughts of American philosophers, farmers, athletes, statesmen, mothers, laborers, scientists, industrialists, and others in their relationship with God. Some are simple, straightforward entreaties; others are elaborate invocations. All of them, however, provide indelible imprints... more...
Der Sozialwert der Religion
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 154.00In light of the current popularity enjoyed by the subject of religion and questions about the consequences arising from this situation, especially for practical theology, the early essays on the sociology of religion by Volker Drehsen (born 1949) have once again become poignant. They continue to retain their power of illuminating the self-conception... more...









