Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs an…
Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs an…
4e de couv.: One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise, "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life", this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim¹s theories still resonate with the study of contemporary and historical religious societies. The volume app…
Many people still believe in life after death, but modern institutions operate as though this were the only world - eternity is now eclipsed from view in society and even in the church. This text observes the eclipse of the afterlife and assesses its circumstances and future.
"For decades, evangelical Protestants have been actively involved in major North American institutions, from sports and entertainment to politics and education to law. But how precisely do such believers and their distinctive religious organizations relate to these secular insti…