"The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in resea

Contested changes: "family values" in local religious life -- |t Religious involvement and religious institutional change -- |t Religion, family, and work -- |t

The Religion of Life examines the interconnections and relationship between Catholicism and eugenics in early twentieth-century Chile. Specifically, it demonstr

Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have em

Explores life's meaning through the lens of belief in God and lived realities including boredom, denial of death, and suicide.