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  • Religion in Britain

    A Persistent Paradox

    by Grace Davie ...
    Religion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country's increasing secularity alongside religion's growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain's society.Describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century BritainBased on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • The Sociology of Religion

    A Critical Agenda

    by Grace Davie ...
    Why is religion still important? Can we be fully modern and fully religious?In this new edition, Davie follows up her discussion of the meaning of religion in modern society and considers how best to research and understand this relationship. Exploring the rapid movements within the sociology of religion today, this revised and updated book:• Describes the origins of the sociology of religion• ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

    Edited by Anders Bäckström, Grace Davie, Ninna Edgardh, Per Pettersson ...
    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe

    Edited by Grace Davie, Lucian N. Leustean ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe offers a detailed overview of religious ideas, structures, and institutions in the making of Europe. It examines the role of religion in fostering identity, survival, and tolerance in the empires and nation-states of Europe from Antiquity until today; the interplay between religion, politics and ideologies in the twentieth century; the dialogue between ... Read more

    $151.19 USD

  • Religious America, Secular Europe?

    A Theme and Variations

    by Peter Berger, Grace Davie, Effie Fokas ...
    Europe is a relatively secular part of the world in global terms. Why is this so? And why is the situation in Europe so different from that in the United States? The first chapter of this book - the theme - articulates this contrast. The remaining chapters - the variations - look in turn at the historical, philosophical, institutional and sociological dimensions of these differences. Key ideas are ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

    Edited by Anders Bäckström, Grace Davie, Ninna Edgardh, Per Pettersson ...
    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Religion and Welfare in Europe

    Gendered and Minority Perspectives

    by Grace Davie, Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Anne Birgitta Pessi, Effie Fokas, Annalisa Frisina, Pia Karlsson Minganti, Annette Leis-Peters, Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Margarita Markoviti, Zrinkscak Sinisa0, Marjukka Laiho1, Olav Helge Angell2, Pal Repstad3, Anders Backstrom4 ...
    Using welfare as a prism, Religion and Welfare in Europe explores regional conceptions and variations in welfare and religion across Europe.Methodological approaches to research and practice draw thematic comparisons on these issues using case studies focused on gendered and minority perspectives as they relate to the varied provision of social welfare in selected European countries.Contributors ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Predicting Religion

    Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures

    Edited by Grace Davie, Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead ...
    Series series Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
    Religion in the contemporary west is undergoing rapid change. In Predicting Religion twenty experts in the study of religion present their predictions about the future of religion in the 21st century - predictions based on careful analysis of the contemporary religious scene from traditional forms of Christianity to new spiritualities. The range of predictions is broad. A number predict further ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

    Volume 1: Configuring the Connections

    Edited by Anders Bäckström, Grace Davie, Ninna Edgardh, Per Pettersson ...
    Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Poverty Knowledge in South Africa

    A Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005

    by Grace Davie ...
    Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? How can it be measured? And how can it be reduced if not eliminated? In South Africa, human science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid and civil resistance campaigns, which makes this knowledge far from neutral or apolitical. South Africans have used the Poverty Datum Line ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Modern France

    Society in Transition

    Edited by Malcolm Cook, Grace Davie ...
    Modern France is an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the nature of French society at the end of the twentieth century. The book examines the transition of France and French life as the nation moves from an industrial to a post-industrial economy, and the cultural and social dislocations that such an evoltuion implies.Sociological concepts and categories of class, race, gender, age and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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  • On Toleration

    by Michael Walzer ...
    Series series Castle Lectures Series
    What kinds of political arrangements enable people from different national, racial, religious, or ethnic groups to live together in peace? In this book one of the most influential political theorists of our time discusses the politics of toleration. Michael Walzer examines five "regimes of toleration"-from multinational empires to immigrant societies-and describes the strengths and weaknesses of ... Read more

    $13.59 USD