Public opinion and polls

Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia.

Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia.

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.

Offers a comprehensive survey and interpretation of contemporary Christian political theology in a newly revised and expanded edition This book presents the latest thinking on the topic of contemporary Christian political theology, with original and constructive essays that represent a range of opinions on various topics.

Offers a comprehensive survey and interpretation of contemporary Christian political theology in a newly revised and expanded edition This book presents the latest thinking on the topic of contemporary Christian political theology, with original and constructive essays that represent a range of opinions on various topics.

This book provides a definitive guide to the value of reflective thinking in the modern world, showing how today's most fundamental problems are, to an important degree, based on citizens' thinking styles.

Political Science has traditionally employed empirical research and analytical resources to understand, explain and predict political phenomena.

Political Science has traditionally employed empirical research and analytical resources to understand, explain and predict political phenomena.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.

Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.

Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.

A compelling look at today's complex relationship between religion and politics In his second book, bestselling author Charles Kimball addresses the urgent global problem of the interplay between fundamentalist Abrahamic religions and politics and moves beyond warning signs (the subject of his first book) to the dangerous and lethal outcomes that their interaction can produce.

A compelling look at today's complex relationship between religion and politics In his second book, bestselling author Charles Kimball addresses the urgent global problem of the interplay between fundamentalist Abrahamic religions and politics and moves beyond warning signs (the subject of his first book) to the dangerous and lethal outcomes that their interaction can produce.

Studies the Indian state''s difficult dialogue with divorce, mediated largely through religion.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

This is an ethnographic history of religious majoritarianism and its sly subversion by one of India''s most oppressed minorities.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

By questioning how and when a Muslim community emerged in colonial India, the book unsettles the teleological explanation of the Partition of India and the making of Pakistan.

It highlights shifts over two centuries as the geopolitical context has transitioned from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana.

This Element argues that media and democracy requires a framework that analyzes political life and communication.

This Element argues that media and democracy requires a framework that analyzes political life and communication.

Many Americans are turning away from religion.

Uses extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork to explore how Nigerian Pentecostals mark their self-distinction as a people of power.

Many Americans are turning away from religion.

Explores the cultural functions played in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by accounts of the Bible''s origins.

Explores the cultural functions played in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by accounts of the Bible''s origins.

Reveals the dynamics and rise in prominence of Scottish public opinion in a period of religious and constitutional tension.

Reveals the dynamics and rise in prominence of Scottish public opinion in a period of religious and constitutional tension.

This Element provides a comprehensive assessment of the power of polls and the implications for poll reporting in contemporary elections.

This Element provides a comprehensive assessment of the power of polls and the implications for poll reporting in contemporary elections.

A fascinating ethnography of the Diyanet''s women sessions in Istanbul illuminating the current reconfigurations of Islam in Turkey.

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

Reframes gender variance and transition in positive, non-oppositional terms, informed by Christian constructive theologies of creation and personhood.

Investigates processes of conversion in India from a comparative, multi-disciplinary and theoretical perspective, between, within and across religious traditions.

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

Muslim Americans are grossly marginalized in US democracy and mainstream politics.

Muslim Americans are grossly marginalized in US democracy and mainstream politics.

Provides a more complete account of the human rights project that factors in the contribution of cosmopolitan Catholicism.

Examines the relation between imperialism and religion through the practice of good government in Spanish Naples.

Provides a more complete account of the human rights project that factors in the contribution of cosmopolitan Catholicism.

Examines the relation between imperialism and religion through the practice of good government in Spanish Naples.

Presents a new understanding of the Indonesian revolution and of Islam as a revolutionary ideology.

Presents a new understanding of the Indonesian revolution and of Islam as a revolutionary ideology.

Using Christianity in Africa, this book demonstrates that cultural influences, specifically religious sermons, can impact political participation.

Using Christianity in Africa, this book demonstrates that cultural influences, specifically religious sermons, can impact political participation.

An examination of poverty dynamics and developmental failure, shifting emphasis from development as control to development as coping strategy.

An examination of poverty dynamics and developmental failure, shifting emphasis from development as control to development as coping strategy.

Offers a new way of understanding classical Islamic theories holding that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of norms.

Examines how international context and domestic politics interact in producing state policies toward religious minorities in Turkey and France.