'Hyper-real religions' are innovative religions and spirituality that mix elements of religious tradition with popular culture. Through various case studies, this book studies the on and off-line religious/spiritual consumptionof these narratives through a social scientific appr…
Offers an account of the overall shape of organised antislavery from its beginnings in the 1780s, and provides fresh perspectives from which to assess contending interpretations of antislavery.
This volume explores the relationships between fundamentalist religious belief, political extremism and outbreaks of religiously inspiredviolence.
"This is a case study of one pietist religious group, the Bruderhof. A Christian brotherhood, founded on Anabaptist and evangelical pietist doctrine, they practice community of goods, seeking to emulate the vision of the Apostolic church and fulfill the ethic of brotherhood taug…
Knockin' on heaven's door: the Bible and popular culture
by Boer, Roland
fromBiblical limits
Revisiting The Far Enemy in this new edition, Gerges demonstrates that not only have the jihadists split ranks, but that voices from within the ultra-religious right, those that previously supported al Qaeda, are condemning its tactics as violent, unethical, and out of accord wi…
"This original study examines the economic and political role of sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. It proposes a triangular relationship of city, cult, and ruler, and explores the cults as entities with independent interests and powers, different from those of the…
"In this book the author argues that the experience of ritual pain, far from being a form of a madness or superstition, contains a hidden rationality and can bring about a profound transformation of the consciousness and identity of the spiritual seeker. Steering a course betwee…
"In this book the author argues that the experience of ritual pain, far from being a form of a madness or superstition, contains a hidden rationality and can bring about a profound transformation of the consciousness and identity of the spiritual seeker. Steering a course betwee…