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Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 146.00Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examining the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender, politics and religion. Drawing its background from women's religious roles and experiences in England during the Reformation, the book follows them through colonial... more...
The Mediatization of Religion
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95The Mediatization of Religion presents data which suggests that the presence and influence of religion in public affairs around the world has been strongly supported by the use of media communication, and highlights the way some religions have adopted media communication and drawn on popular culture to build their message. The book offers a number... more...
Taming Time, Timing Death
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95Presenting rich, interdisciplinary empirical studies of death rituals and practices across the globe, from the US and Europe, Asia, The Middle East, Australasia and Africa, Taming Time, Timing Death explores the manner in which social technologies and rituals have been and are implemented to avoid, delay or embrace death, or communicate with the dead,... more...
The Religious and the Political
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 26.00Explores the relationship between religion and politics through a number of key issues including marriage, law, conversion and veiling. more...
The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth
Andrews UK 2013; US$ 17.99This book is based on the author's ten-year research into the politics of belief surrounding paranormal ideas. Through a detailed examination of the participants, issues, strategies and underlying factors that constitute the contemporary paranormal debate, the book explores the struggle surrounding the status of paranormal phenomena. It examines,... more...
Contesting Secularism
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Drawing together contributions from leading scholars from across the world Contesting Secularism analyses how secularism functions as a political doctrine in different national contexts put under pressure by globalisation. Through its inter-disciplinary and comparative approach, Contesting Secularism sets a new agenda for thinking about the place of... more...
Society Shaped by Theology
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 39.95Society Shaped by Theology explores the possibility that theological concepts may sometimes still be influential in the modern world. It follows in the tradition of Max Weber, arguing that theological virtues and debates can at times be transposed, wittingly or unwittingly, into society at large. Gill examines the unusual instance of the public debate... more...
Prophecy in the New Millennium
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 44.95This volume gives a concise but comprehensive overview of the rich diversity of prophecy, its role in major world religions as well as in new religions and alternative spiritualties, its social dynamics and its impact on individuals lives. Academic analyses are complemented with contextualized primary source testimonies of those who live and... more...
Sacrifice and the Body
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95What is sacrifice? For many people today the word has negative overtones, suggesting loss, or death, or violence. But in religions, ancient and modern, the word is linked primarily to joyous feasting which puts people in touch with the deepest realities. John Dunnill's study brings together insights from social anthropology, biblical studies, liturgy... more...
Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 39.95Exploring the different points of view and 'tones of voice' adopted in theology for the meeting of religions, this book presents a contemporary philosophical and theological engagement with key issues of how different faiths might meet, of comparative philosophy of religion, the use of aesthetics, inter-religious ethics and issues relating... more...









