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  • The Production of Entheogenic Communities in the United States

    by Brad Stoddard ...
    Series series Elements in New Religious Movements
    The rise of entheogenic religion – that is, religions that involve the use of psychoactive drugs – has captured the attention of scholars and journalists. These studies tend to advance the interests of practitioners who advocate for the legitimacy of entheogens and of entheogenic religion more broadly. This Element breaks with these approaches as it offers a historical and critical analysis of ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 2

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, Lindsey Jackson, Christopher Cannon Jones, Erik Kline, Dana Lloyd, Cody Musselman0, Matt Sheedy1, Zachary T. Smith2, Brad Stoddard3, Brook Wilensky-Lanford4 ...
    Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from SoulCycle to Mark TwainAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Two, is the second in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this dynamic academic project, nine scholars with diverse ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Spiritual Entrepreneurs

    Florida's Faith-Based Prisons and the American Carceral State

    by Brad Stoddard ...
    Series series Where Religion Lives
    The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs. Looking for innovative solutions to the crises produced by gigantic prison populations, Florida’s Department of Corrections claims to have found a partial remedy in the form of faith and character-based correctional ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Stereotyping Religion II

    Critiquing Clichés

    Edited by Brad Stoddard, Craig Martin ...
    Series series Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power
    Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clichés about religion, focusing on clichés that a new generation of students are most familiar with.Each chapter includes:- A description of a particular cliché- Discussion of where it appears in popular culture or popular media- Discussion of where it ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Race and New Religious Movements in the USA

    A Documentary Reader

    Edited by Emily Suzanne Clark, Brad Stoddard ...
    Organized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from the 18th century to the present. It provides students with the tools to understand questions of race, religion, and American religious history. Movements covered include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), the Native American Church, the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Stereotyping Religion

    Critiquing Clichés

    Edited by Craig Martin, Brad Stoddard ...
    Series series Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power
    Our culture is full of popular stereotypes about religion, both positive and negative. Many people uncritically assume that religion is intrinsically violent, or that religion makes people moral, or that it is simply "bullshit". This concise volume tackles 10 of these stereotypes, addresses why scholars of religion find them to be cliched, describes their origins, and explains the social or ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • Religion, Culture & Society

    A Global Approach

    by Andrew Singleton ...
    "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 research and theory, and comfortably grounded in the traditions of the social explanation of things religious and spiritual."- Gary Bouma AM, Monash University"Tells how sociology of religion originated in the work of key nineteenth and ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Sociology of Religion

    Contemporary Developments

    by Kevin J. Christiano, Peter Kivisto, William H. Swatos, Jr. ...
    Sociology of Religion, Fourth Edition introduces students to the nature and function of religious institutions and practices while asking sociological questions about the changing role of religion in today's “post-traditional” world. Broken into three parts, the book opens with the basics of religious history and a review of key theories for its study. Part II, “Religion and Social Differentiation ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Religion and Human Rights

    An Introduction

    Edited by John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green ...
    The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum

    ASCD

    by Warren A. Nord, Charles C. Haynes ...
    The authors chart a middle course in our war over religion and public education, one that builds on a developing national consensus among educational and religious leaders. While it is not proper for schools to practice religion or proselytize, neither is it permissible to make them religion-free zones. Schools do not take religion seriously, as the authors' review of textbooks and the new ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Justification of Religious Violence

    by Steve Clarke ...
    Series Book 49 - Blackwell Public Philosophy Series
    How are justifications for religious violence developed and do they differ from secular justifications for violence? Can liberal societies tolerate potentially violent religious groups? Can those who accept religious justifications for violence be dissuaded from acting violently? Including six in-depth contemporary case studies, The Justification of Religious Violence is the first book to examine ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • New Religious Movements: The Basics

    by Joseph P. Laycock ...
    Series series The Basics
    New Religious Movements: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the field of New Religious Movements (NRMs). Western culture is currently going through a wave of fascination with “cults”, with numerous documentaries and television series dedicated to describing these groups. Meanwhile, scholars have been wrestling with the intricacies of this loaded category for decades.Introducing ... Read more

    $28.99 USD