Religiously Oriented Parties and Democratization Edited by Luca Ozzano, Francesco Cavatorta Routledge – 2014 – 174 pages Series: Democratization Special Issues http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138775381/ To the surprise of both academics and policy-makers, religion has not been relegated entirely to the private sphere; … Continue reading →

New Voices in Greek Orthodox Thought: Untying the Bond between Nation and Religion Trine Stauning Willert, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Ashgate, 2014 http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472418944 New Voices in Greek Orthodox Thought brings to the light and discusses a strand in contemporary Greek … Continue reading →

Transnational Faiths: Latin-American Immigrants and their Religions in Japan Hugo Córdova Quero, Graduate Theological Union, USA and Rafael Shoji, Pontifical Catholic University, CERAL, Brazil Ashgate, 2014 http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409435259 Japan has witnessed the arrival of thousands of immigrants, since the 1990s, from … Continue reading →

Parcours de féministes musulmanes belges De l’engagement dans l’islam au droit des femmes ? Ghaliya Djelloul 2013 ISBN : 978-2-8061-0103-7 Prix : 13€ – 14,50€ hors Belgique et France Résumé L’engagement de femmes musulmanes belges sur le terrain des droits … Continue reading →

Immigrant Faith: Patterns of Immigrant Religion in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe Phillip Connor, Ph.D. New York University Press – August 2014 More details and pre-order: http://bit.ly/TxL4us Overview Immigrant Faith examines trends and patterns relating to religion in … Continue reading →

New book from SAGE: Religion, Culture and Society: A Global Approach by Andrew Singleton (Monash University). This is a rich and dynamic introduction to the varieties of religious life and the central issues in the sociology of religion today. It … Continue reading →

* Do we live in a Christian country? * Is English Law secular? * What can lawyers and sociologists learn from each other about religion in the twenty-first century? The answers to these questions and more can be found in … Continue reading →

One Family Under God: Immigration Politics and Progressive Religion in America Grace Yukich Oxford University Press 2013 http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199988679.do - Focuses on progressive religious activists, a group that has often been ignored in favor of focusing on conservative religious activists or … Continue reading →

Religion and Immigration: Migrant Faiths in North America and Western Europe Peter Kivisto ISBN: 978-0-7456-4170-6 206 pages August 2014, Polity http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0745641709,subjectCd-CU20.html Description This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied … Continue reading →

The Awakening of Muslim Democracy Religion, Modernity, and the State Jocelyne Cesari Cambridge University Press, April 2014 http://www.cambridge.org/hn/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/awakening-muslim-democracy-religion-modernity-and-state Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? In this book, Jocelyne Cesari investigates the … Continue reading →