Descripción: Este libro abarca-a la vez ambiciosa y exitosamente-la evolución de la
cuestión indígena en América Latina como un todo. El autor entrega un panorama histórico …

Many aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This book looks at ways of improving our
understanding of religious change by strengthening the links between social theory and the …

Every year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is
estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts—a number …

El libro trata de las transformaciones globales, sus crisis y las nacientes formas de
regulación. La globalización puede entenderse como un complejo proceso de …

Contemporary globalization in the Andes challenges the sustainability and quality of rural
livelihoods. However, it is also the case that rural people have often addressed these …

Religious communities have ongoing concerns about Internet use, as it intensifies the clash
between tradition and modernity, a clash often found in traditionally inclined societies …

This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism,
Shintō, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of accelerated …

After more than 500 years of marginalization, Latin America's forty million Indians have
recently made major strides in gaining political recognition and civil rights. In this book …

Although postsocialist Romania ranks as one of the most religious countries in Europe, the
role of religion in public life is relatively little understood. This book investigates a village in …

Exploring the ritual and everyday religious practices through which Pentecostal life worlds
unfold this book breaks new ground in the study of Latin American and global …