Social groups: religious groups and communities

This book presents the views of leading scholars, academics, and educators on the renewal of Islamic schools in the Western context.

This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shukyo) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan.

This collection is the first of its kind, bringing together Holocaust educational researchers as well as school and museum educators from across the globe, to discuss the potentials of Holocaust education in relation to primary school children.

This book explores changing gender and religious roles for Catholic men and women in the British Isles from Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church in 1534 to full emancipation in 1829.

This volume considers the complex relationships that exist between Christianity, rape culture, and gender violence.

Christianity flourishes in areas facing profound dislocations amidst regime change and warfare.

This volume explores the multiple intersections between rape culture, gender violence, and religion.

This book explores the modern cultural history of the queer martyr in France and Belgium.

This book discuss the meaning and implications of the social and ethical implications of the notion of social responsibility in healthcare in six major world religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, & Judaism.

This book provides a sociological understanding of the phenomenon of exorcism and an analysis of the reasons for its contemporary re-emergence and impact on various communities.

This book explores how politics, religion and cinema encounter and re-invent each other in contemporary Turkish cinema.

Pope Francis confuses many observers because his papacy does not fit neatly into any pre-established classificatory schemes.

What is good sex from the perspective of liberation theology?

This volume presents the intellectual autobiographies of fourteen leading scholars in the fields of history, literature, film and cultural studies who have dedicated a considerable part of their career to researching the history and memories of France during the Second World War.

This book explores the Bible's ongoing relevance in contemporary discussions around rape culture and gender violence.

The American Jewish Year Book, now in its 117th year, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends.

In this book,  Al-Kohlani examines fifty-five Muslim and non-Muslim countries from 1960 to 2010 in response to "e;religious theory"e; that associates certain religions with gender inequality and "e;modernization theory"e; which downplays the role of religion on gender inequity and associates gender inequality with socioeconomic factors.

In the last two decades, Turkey has witnessed a variety of bordering interventions rooted in its problematisation as variously "e;transit,"e; "e;destination,"e; "e;European,"e; "e;Muslim"e; and "e;safe.

Very few works of history, if any, delve into the daily interactions of U.

Taking Care of the Future examines the moral dimensions and transformative capacities of education and humanitarianism through an intimate portrayal of learners, volunteers, donors, and educators at a special needs school in South Africa and a partnering UK-based charity.

This book offers a Christian engagement with the realities of academic life and work.

This book examines the effects of faith schools on social cohesion and inter-ethnic relations.

This salient text presents a culturally aware public health approach to the HIV epidemic in Malaysia, a country emblematic of the Muslim world's response to the crisis.

This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the political dimensions of civil religion in the United States.

This book explores the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis of Europe.

A contribution to the field of theological aesthetics, this book explores the arts in and around the Pentecostal and charismatic renewal movements.

This book applies philosophical and critical textual scholarship to the traditional Islamic narrative in an attempt to distinguish between its historical and interpretive elements.

This book is a journey into the heart of an Islamic worldview.

This book addresses the fact that, for the first time in history, a large segment of the population in the western world is living without any form of religious belief.

This book examines the relationship between race, religion, and economics within the black church.

This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent.

This edited collection considers whether it is possible to discern how the level of ideology is affected by radicalization.

This book explores the memory and representation of genocide as they affect individuals, communities and families, and artistic representations.

This book examines the importance of the Enlightenment for understanding the secular outlook of contemporary Western societies.

This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology.

This book provides the first dedicated study of the Evian Conference of July 1938, an international initiative called by U.

This book considers how women's experiences have been treated in films dealing with Nazi persecution.

This book presents the first three Christian centuries through the lens of what Foucault called "e;the care of the self.

This book provides a critical discussion of the way in which religion influences: criminal and antisocial behaviour, punishment and the law, intergroup conflict and peace-making, and the rehabilitation of offenders.

This book explores the changes underwent by the Orthodox Churches of Eastern and Southeastern Europe as they came into contact with modernity.

This book analyses four case studies of Holocaust memory activism in Poland, contextualized within recent debates about Polish-Jewish relations and approached through a theoretical framework informed by critical theory.

This book explores how a growing religious discourse is advocating for change in women's employment participation in Arab societies.

This book highlights the lived experiences of gay Muslims in Malaysia, where Islam is the majority and official religion, and in Britain, where Muslims form a religious minority.

This book discusses the relationship between faith, formation and education.

This collection vigorously addresses the religious implications of extreme human enhancement technology.

This book examines both the evolution of the Catholic vote in the US and the role of Catholic voters in the historic 2016 elections.

This book chronologically analyzes thirteen key US Presidents, from Washington to Trump, to highlight how religion has informed or influence their politics and policies.

This book uses original research and interviews to consider the views of contemporary members of the Orange Order in Canada, including their sense of political and societal purpose, awareness of the decline of influence, views on their present circumstances, and hopes for the future of Orangeism in Canada.

This book provides new insights on the unique role of doctoral students and new faculty as they join other stewards of the academy working within Christian higher education.

In this book, historians of religion and gender studies explore the biographies of a number of female leaders, and the factors within their groups and cultural contexts that support these women's religious leadership.