In this article, I review three contemporary streams of scholarship that are revitalizing the
cultural analysis of religion, an approach that dates to the discipline's founding. Research …

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets
and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered …

Religion is now high on the public agenda, with recent events focusing the world's attention
on Islam in particular. This book provides a unique historical and comparative analysis of the …

This discursive literature review was originally produced for the Leverhulme Trust in 2007 by
the William Temple Foundation as apart of a research project to test the concept of religious …

Certain institutions traditionally have had broad socializing influence over their members,
providing templates for identity that comprehend all aspects of life from the existential and …

Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social theorists of our time. He developed a
series of concepts to uncover the way society works and to challenge assumptions about …

This paper takes stock of the most recent scholarship on symbolic boundaries and how
these interact with social boundaries—more durable and institutionalized social differences …

" In his sixth satire, Juvenal deplores the pastimes of Roman women, foremost of which is
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This article focuses on the extent to which devalued forms of capital along with limited
access to valued cultural capital facilitated the access and persistence of 33 Mexican …

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