2,647円 Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges and necessities of accommo...

1,326円 A gripping and revealing first-hand account of one family's experience in the Exclusive Brethren community in New Zealand. Ngaire Thomas grew up, married and raised her children within the Exclusive Brethren church in the Palmerston North area. In plain, non-judgemental style, Ngaire describes li...

2,388円 A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines In this book, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel offers a clear, detailed, and practical guide to interfaith leadership, illustrated with compelling examples. ...

14,205円 In this overview of popular religion in Southeast Asia, Robert L. Winzeler offers an interpretative look at the nature of today’s indigenous religious traditions as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity and conversion. He focuses not on religion as it exists in books, doctrine, theo...

1,700円 Die Probleme der islamischen Welt sind unübersehbar, ebenso deren Folgen für den Westen. Mit dieser provokanten Feststellung analysiert Beranard Lewis die historische Entwicklung des Orients - insbesondere des Osmanischen Reiches und seine Nachfolgestaaten: Die einstige Drehscheibe der Kultur, de...

1,600円 Seit den ersten Logengründungen im 18. Jahrhundert bekämpft die katholische Kirche die Bruderschaft der Freimaurer. Daran hat sich bis heute wenig geändert. Auch der derzeitige Papst Benedikt XVI., der ehemalige Kardinal Ratzinger (von 1981 bis 2005 Vorsitzender - Präfekt - der Kongregation für d...

4,239円 In the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious traditionーmore commonly known in the United States as Santeríaーentrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novicesーcalled iyawoーendure a host of prohibitions, including most notably wearin...

6,210円 This is a significant in-depth study that explores the cultural context of the religious experience of West Indian immigrant communities. Whereas most studies to date have focussed on how immigrants settle in their new home contexts, Janice A. McLean-Farrell argues for a more comprehensive perspe...

6,717円 How-and why- were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period? In this ground-breaking book, David G. Robertson argues that UFOs symbolized an uncertainty about the boundaries between scientific knowledge and other ways of validating knowledge,...

7,048円 In reggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of the Promised Land of Ethiopia. “Repatriation is a must!” they cry. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. They consider it the Promised Land, and repatriation i...

1,557円 A provocative critique of organized religion, perfect for fans of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. Oh, Your God! argues that the world would be better off without organized religion. Joshua Kelly draws from philosophy, history, and current events to illustrate the harmful effects of reli...

9,616円 Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both professional and lay audiences, it allows activists to speak for themselves in their own words. It takes the self-announced religious motivations of extremists seriously, a...