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  • American Examples, Vol 5

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Ryne Beddard, Judith Ellen Brunton, Dustin Gavin, Sarah M. Hedgecock, Kit Hermanson0, Mihee Kim-Kort1, Robyn Lee2 ...
    Redefines American religion through bold case studies and fresh theoretical approachesAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume 5 continues the groundbreaking series from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. Edited by Rachel E. C. Beckley, Jacob Lassin, Andrew Klumpp, and Michael J. Altman, this volume features seven innovative essays that challenge ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 4

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Michael J. Altman, Rachel E.C. Beckley, Yasmine Flodin-Ali, Mary "jem" Jebbia, Steven Kaplin, Andrew Klumpp, Jacob Lassin, Candace Lukasik, Joshua D. Urich2, Suzanne van Geuns5 ...
    Case studies that vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of American religious historyAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Four, continues the annual anthology series produced by the American Examples workshop at the University of Alabama’s Department of Religious Studies. The goal of American Examples is to examine examples of “something someone called religious, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 3

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Michael Baysa, Christopher M. Bishop, Jaimie D. Crumley0, Chelsea Ebin1, Lauren Horn Griffin2, Hinasahar Muneeruddin3, Alexander Rocklin4, Sean Sidky5, Joshua D. Urich6, Lucas F. W. Wilson7 ...
    American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Three, is the third in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this innovative academic project, ten topically and methodologically diverse scholars vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 2

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, Lindsey Jackson, Christopher Cannon Jones, Erik Kline, Dana Lloyd, Cody Musselman0, Matt Sheedy1, Zachary T. Smith2, Brad Stoddard3, Brook Wilensky-Lanford4 ...
    Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from SoulCycle to Mark TwainAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Two, is the second in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this dynamic academic project, nine scholars with diverse ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Hinduism in America

    An Introduction

    by Michael J. Altman ...
    Series series Religion in America
    Hinduism in America: An Introduction is a concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India. It is not a book that will tell you what Hinduism is; rather, it is an introduction to the variety of ways in which Hinduism has been represented, constructed, and practiced in the United States. Americans have been interested in the religions of India since ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 1

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Samah Choudhury, Travis Warren Cooper, Emily D. Crews, Richard Newton, Prea Persaud, Steven W. Ramey, Hannah Scheidt, Vaia Touna ...
    Rethinking Religion in America Through Contemporary Case and Conversation.American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume One is the first in a series of annual anthologies published in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. The American Examples initiative gathers scholars from around the world for a series of workshops designed to generate ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu

    American Representations of India, 1721-1893

    by Michael J. Altman ...
    Today, there are more than two million Hindus in America. But before the twentieth century, Hinduism was unknown in the United States. But while Americans did not write about "Hinduism," they speculated at length about "heathenism," "the religion of the Hindoos," and "Brahmanism." In Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu,Michael J. Altman argues that this is not a mere sematic distinction-a case of more ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones

    by Elizabeth Drescher ...
    To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America. By 2014, more than twenty percent of adults identified as unaffiliated--up more than seven percent just since 2007. Even more startling, more than thirty percent of those under the age of thirty now identify as "Nones"--answering "none" when ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Religion, Culture & Society

    A Global Approach

    by Andrew Singleton ...
    "The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in research and theory, and comfortably grounded in the traditions of the social explanation of things religious and spiritual."- Gary Bouma AM, Monash University"Tells how sociology of religion originated in the work of key nineteenth and ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • It's Dangerous to Believe

    Religious Freedom and Its Enemies

    by Mary Eberstadt ...
    Mary Eberstadt, “one of the most acute and creative social observers of our time,” (Francis Fukuyama) shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing trend in American society: discrimination against traditional religious belief and believers, who are being aggressively pushed out of public life by the concerted efforts of militant secularists.In It’s Dangerous to Believe, Mary Eberstadt documents ... Read more

    $18.49 USD

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  • Media, Religion and Culture

    An Introduction

    by Jeffrey Mahan ...
    Religion has always been shaped by the media of its time, and today we live in a media culture that informs much of what we think and how we behave. Religious believers, communities and institutions use media as tools to communicate, but also as locations where they construct and express identity, practice religion, and build community.This lively book offers a comprehensive introduction to the ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • Media and Religion

    Foundations of an Emerging Field

    by Daniel Stout ...
    This text examines the history, theory, cultural context, and professional aspects of media and religion. While religion has been explored more fully in psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the humanities, there is no clear bridge of understanding to the communication discipline. Daniel A. Stout tackles this issue by providing a roadmap for examining this understudied area so that discussions ... Read more

    $66.99 USD