Devi

John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 7
• This collection explores 12 different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid godd... Lees meer

The Bridge Betrayed

Michael A Sells

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 11
• The recent atrocities in Bosnia-Herzegovina have stunned people throughout the world. With Holocaust memories still painfully vivid, a question haunts... Lees meer

A Culture of Conspiracy

Michael Barkun

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 15
• American society has changed dramatically since A Culture of Conspiracy was first published in 2001. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Bar... Lees meer

Global Rebellion

Mark Juergensmeyer

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 16
• Why has the turn of the twenty-first century been rocked by a new religious rebellion? From al Qaeda to Christian militias to insurgents in Iraq, a st... Lees meer

Leveling Crowds

Stanley J Tambiah

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 10
• Ethno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist ex... Lees meer

Utopias in Conflict

Ainslie T Embree

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 3
• This compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism. Showing how the politica... Lees meer

China's Catholics

Richard Madsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 12
• After suffering isolation and persecution during the Maoist era, the Catholic Church in China has reemerged with astonishing vitality in recent years.... Lees meer

Absent Lord

Lawrence A Babb

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 8
• What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever?... Lees meer

Imagining Karma

Gananath Obeyesekere

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 14
• With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich... Lees meer

Terror in the Mind of God, Fourth Edition

Mark Juergensmeyer

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 13
• Why would anybody believe that God could sanction terrorism? Why has the rediscovery of religion's power in recent years manifested in such a bloody w... Lees meer

The New Cold War?

Mark Juergensmeyer

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 5
• Will the religious confrontations with secular authorities around the world lead to a new Cold War? Mark Juergensmeyer paints a provocative picture of... Lees meer

Saints and Vertues

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 2
• This book explores a larger family of saints--those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu,... Lees meer

Mama Lola

Karen McCarthy Brown

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 4
• Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. Mama Lola shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vo... Lees meer

Pious Passion

Martin Riesebrodt

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society | nr. 6
• A study of religious fundamentalism comparing two seemingly disparate movements - one in the US during the early-20th century, the other in Iran durin... Lees meer