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Religion, Migration, and Mobility
The Brazilian Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Focusing on migration and mobility, this edited collectionexamines the religious landscape of Brazil as populated and shaped by transnational flows and domestic migratory movements. Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on migration and religion, this book argues that Brazil’s diverse...
Immigrant Faith
Patterns of Immigrant Religion in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Immigrant Faith examines trends and patterns relating to religion in the lives of
immigrants. The volume moves beyond specific studies of particular faiths in
particular immigrant destinations to present the religious lives of immigrants
in the United States, Canada, and Europe on a broad scale.
Religion...
In Praise of Mixed Religion
The Syncretism Solution in a Multifaith World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
When asked "What religion do you follow?" the typical answer is to name a specific group, or to respond "None." An increasing number of people, however, are intentionally combining elements from various religious heritages, demonstrating that religions do not have firm boundaries, nor are they purely...
by Paul D. Numrich, Elfriede Wedam
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Religion and Community in the New Urban America examines the interrelated transformations of cities and urban congregations. The authors ask how the new metropolis affects local religious communities and what role those communities play in creating the new metropolis. Through an in-depth study of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christianity, into a larger framework to reveal the sprawling landscape of the Roman religion.
An innovative...
by Richard Gray, Peter Cole
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
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Religion, Postcolonialism, and Globalization
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Religion, Postcolonialism and Globalization: A Sourcebook shows how the roots of our globalized world run deeper than the 1980s or even the end of WWII, tracing back to 15th century European colonial expansion through which the 'modern world system' came into existence.
The Sourcebook is divided...
by Gina Messina, Xochitl Alvizo
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
In a world where women’s issues are political issues, feminism and religion are often scripted as opposing sides. But, drawing on the messages of love and social justice from within their religious traditions, women are leading feminist movements that promote positive social change at both the micro...
by Jan Hayes, Kim Hands, Lesley Parry
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
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by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
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Is the fact that you would like to merge your religion into your marriage but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable?
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Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers
The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very...
Pastoral Bearings
Lived Religion and Pastoral Theology
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
The study of lived religion is an enterprise which attempts to elucidate how 'ordinary' men and women in all times and places draw on religious behavior, media, and meanings to make sense of themselves and their world. Through the influence of liberation theology and postmodernism, pastoral theologians_like...
We Have a Religion
The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal battles over sacred lands, peyote use, and hunting practices, the U.S. government has often acted as if Indian traditions were somehow not...
Religion as Metaphor
Beyond Literal Belief
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the "fairy tales" of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey...