“…And third, to emphasize the importance of recognizing religion and nationalism as legitimate constituents and instruments of contemporary realpolitik by underlining their enduring security utility and essence at individual, group, and state levels. …”

“…Deeply ethnographic and accessibly written, Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds expands our understanding of specific religious practices in India as well as the parameters of religion more broadly"--…”

“…The emphasis is on research that contributes breadth to social scientific understandings of religion, charitable giving, volunteering, generosity, youth, and emerging adults. …”

“…Through the examination of works by, among others, the iconic female poet Forugh Farrokhzad, the expatriate author Goli Taraqqi, the controversial memoirist Azar Nafisi, and the graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, this volume engages with the complex and contested discourses of religion, patriarchy, and politics that are the contemporary product of Iran's long and revolutionary history…”

“…La publication de ce livre s'intègre dans le projet de recherche postdoctorale Territoires, sociétés et religions : réseaux paroissiaux dans une ville médiévale européenne. …”

“…In einer entangled history unterschiedlicher Migrationsbewegungen nach 1945 werden die Wege des Wissens sichtbar: von den Zwangsmigrationen im Gefolge des Zweiten Weltkriegs, den DP-Camps der Nachkriegszeit und den kommunistischen Exilgruppen in der DDR über »Sonderkurse« und Heimerziehung für über- und ausgesiedelte Jugendliche aus Mittel- und Osteuropa während des Kalten Kriegs bis hin zu internationalen Vorbereitungsklassen, muttersprachlichem Unterricht und islamischem Religions-Unterricht für Arbeitsmigrant:innen und Asylsuchende. …”

“…This unabridged, annotated translation provides insights into late imperial Chinese religion, the lives of women in the period, and, more broadly, the structure of families and local society"--…”

“…La seguridad vendrá de la mano de la diversidad cultural, la tolerancia y el respeto de los derechos humanos (y en ello pueden jugar un papel no pequeño las religiones). Paradójicamente es la inseguridad vivida como revelación de la fuerza del débil y como horizonte la que permitirá superar la tentación de los totalitarismos securizantes actuales…”

“…En La invención de Jesús de Nazaret, el historiador de las religiones hace inteligible tanto la figura de Jesús como la construcción cultural que subyace al Cristo de la fe. …”

“…Los ritos culturales de todas las religiones y los sacramentos de la comunidad cristiana pertenecen también a ese lenguaje humano teñido de simbolismo. …”

“…Original and erudite, this volume demonstrates how distorting the myopic focus on Christianity as a religion has been in previous attempts to explain the growth and success of the Christian movement. …”

“…But this personal Christian identity broke down suddenly in the 'swinging sixties' when new media, new gender roles and the moral revolution dramatically ended people's conception that they lived Christian lives.The Death of Christian Britianuses the latest techniques to offer new formulations of religion and secularisation. By listening to people's voices rather than purely counting heads, it offers a fresh history of de-christianization, and predicts that the British experience since the 1960s is emblematic of the destiny of the whole of western Christianity…”

“…Desde un análisis geográfico in situ de las ciudades occidentales más características y apoyándose en su génesis histórica se demuestra cómo los 'geomitos' y las religiones contribuyeron a forjar determinadas formas geométricas en torno a un templo, condicionadas por su emplazamiento, que se aproximan a un ideal urbano. …”

“…Bebo Valdés, el gran pianista cubano de 85 años, exilado en Estocolmo desde hace 40 años, viaja hasta Salvador de Bahía(Brasil), donde las músicas y las religiones de África se han conservado de la forma más pura. …”

“…Charting his early career, the origins of his political and religious thought and the development of his notions of governance that influenced him as Lord Protector, Bennett contests the post-Restoration vilification of Cromwell to examine how his influence has shaped notions of citizenship, identity and governance and informed the role of religion in the state throughout the history of the British Isles…”
Sumario

“…Accenting that the intellectual strength and existential relevance of Lewis's works rest on his philosophical acumen as well as his Christian orthodoxy-which he famously called "mere Christianity"-Peterson skillfully shows how Lewis's Christian thought engages a variety of important issues raised by believers and nonbelievers alike: the problem of evil and suffering, the problem of religious diversity, the problem of meaning, the relation of prayer and providence, the relation of science and religion, the nature of humanity, and others. Just as Lewis was gifted in communicating philosophical ideas and arguments in an accessible style, Peterson has crafted a major contribution to Lewis scholarship presented in a way that will interest scholars and benefit the general reader ""--…”

“…Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber finds that an absolute belief in the end of time, when good would do final battle with evil, was omnipresent. …”

“…Meanwhile, they're all learning to be activists, turning their backs on their nations, societies, and even their parents and religions. Instead of correcting course, school curricula keep veering into "social and emotional learning (SEL)," Critical Race Theory, cultural competence, culturally relevant education, Queer Theory, Radical Gender Theory, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, decolonizing the curriculum, and even drag queens. …”

“…Come spiega Pierluigi Banna in L'ambigua religiosità dei primi cristiani, il concetto di religione proprio della cultura occidentale è frutto di un'operazione dei primi cristiani (I-III secolo), che intendevano presentare la propria fede sia in opposizione sia a compimento di tutte le espressioni di religiosità non giudaica che li avevano preceduti. …”

“…The ways that gender, interpersonal relationships, race, and religion might affect decisions to give aid and support to others are also addressed. …”