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The 7 Great Prayers
Vanguard Press 2010; US$ 9.95In the tradition of The Purpose Driven Life , an inspirational and life-changing book that will motivate, comfort, and heal more...
Acts of Faith
University of California Press 2000; US$ 29.95Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish?and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), Stark... more...
American Sociology of Religion
BRILL 2007; US$ 140.00This is a collection of histories of various aspects of American sociology of religion. The contributions range from descriptions of early dissertations, accounts of changes in theoretical conceptualization, the evolution of studies of particular denominations, to the rise of new areas of inquiry such as globalization, feminism, new religions, and... more...
Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 54.99A study of animal sacrifice within Greek paganism, Judaism, and Christianity during the period of their interaction between about 100 BC and AD 200. After a vivid account of the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70), Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards this practice.... more...
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
BRILL 2011; US$ 166.00The main goal of the second issue of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, devoted entirely to religion and politics, is precisely to question the sense of a reconstruction of the mutual and simultaneous relations between these two spheres of social life. What does this process mean and where is it taking us? more...
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
BRILL 2010; US$ 216.00The purpose of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (ARSR) is to investigate the ?new? role of religion in the contemporary world, which is characterized by cultural pluralism and religious individualism. It is the aim of the ARSR to combine different methods within the social scientific study of religion. The ARSR employs an interdisciplinary... more...
Battleground: Religion
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 175.00Is there a controversial issue in the contemporary world that does not involve religion? Whether it's a debate over the beginning of life, or on sexuality and family life, or on the stewardship of humans over the environment, almost all of the most contentious matters that impact today's society involve people's deeply held religious beliefs. Battleground:... more...
Be Careful What You Pray For, You Might Just Get It
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 11.99From the 'New York Times' bestselling author of 'Healing Words' and 'Prayer Is Good Medicine' comes this compelling exploration of the negative side of prayer. Larry Dossey, M.D., offers remarkable evidence that, just as prayer can be used positively t more...
Believing in the Net
Leiden University Press 2010; US$ 52.75This study shows that, in an implicit form, religion can be found everywhere in our culture. more...
Beyond Belief
University of California Press 1991; US$ 28.95Beyond Belief collects fifteen celebrated, broadly ranging essays in which Robert Bellah interprets the interplay of religion and society in concrete contexts from Japan to the Middle East to the United States. First published in 1970, Beyond Belief is a classic in the field of sociology of religion. more...









