In recent years, the extent to which contemporary societies are secular has come under
scrutiny. At the same time, many countries, especially in Europe, have increasingly large …

Religion and culture always exist in a close relation. Together with aesthetics and ethics,
religion constitutes culture. As ethnicity becomes part of the related concepts, the relation …

This extended introduction pulls together some of the main themes arising from the chapters
which follow. In doing so, it offers a framework for thinking about religion in post-war Britain …

Objective: Women from different backgrounds and cultures are at risk of domestic violence.
Disclosing the abusive experience and seeking help is not straightforward and easy and …

While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious
diversity does not. Questions of how to accommodate religious minorities and of the limits of …

Uncovers what the sociology of religion would look like had it emerged in a Confucian,
Muslim, or Native American culture rather than in a Christian one Sociology has long used …

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and
practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal cases involving …

How do we learn to be religious? To make sense of this process should we emphasise the
habitual reinforcement of bodily rituals? Or the active role of individuals in making decisions …

Problems–of integration, failed political participation, and requests for various kinds of
accommodation–seem to dominate the research on minority Muslims in Western nations …

Moreover, with the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to identify in the constant central core of
Christian faith, despite the inquisition, despite anti-Semitism and despite the crusades, the …