Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Sociology of Religion

This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism. It focuses on Puritanism s original, subsequent and modern influences on and legacies in political democracy and civil society within historically Puritan Western societies. There is emphasis on Great Britain and particularly America, from the 17th to the 21st century.

Santeria, also called Lucumi or Orisha Worship by its practitioners, originated in Nigeria among the Yoruba people. It took shape in Cuba during and after the slave trade and reached North America through Afro-Caribbean immigration. As the fastest growing African-based religion in the United States, Santeria has stimulated many publications, but none prior to this book noted the special significance of its art and artists.

In Santeria Garments and Altars, for the first time, two distinguished folklorists and practitioners of the faith focus upon the artistry of garments and...

Since 1972 the Rainbow Family of Living Light, a loosely organized and anarchistic nomadic community, has been holding large gatherings in remote forests to pray for world peace and create a model of a functioning utopian society. Michael I. Niman s "People of the Rainbow," originally published in 1997, was the first comprehensive study of this countercultural group and its eclectic philosophy of environmentalism, feminism, peace activism, group sharing, libertarianism, and consensus government. It is a book yet to be superseded.
This second edition of Niman s compelling and insightful...

Il fuoco di Sant'Antonio e una malattia, certo Ma quale? Per noi Italiani e sicuramente l'Herpes zoster; ma e sempre stato cosi? Ebbene, no

Sant'Antonio Abate aveva la fama di taumaturgo e guaritore gia in vita, nonostante si fosse ritirato in un remoto deserto. Cosi, quando le sue spoglie arrivarono in Europa dopo l'anno Mille, tutti coloro che soffrivano di malattie dolorose e urenti, imploravano Sant'Antonio che li guarisse da quel "fuoco" che li tormentava.

Ma quali erano queste malattie cosi dolorose? Le antiche cronache sono spesso troppo succinte o troppo romanzate...

"For those interested in the social life of the bible and other written materials, this book is sure to surprise...The surprise value of Kirsch's work lies in the broad sweep from fine-grained descriptions of individuals' bibles to far-reaching theoretical critiques of the anthropology of literary practices and...

Germantown Avenue cuts through Philadelphia for eight and a half miles, from the affluent neighborhood of Chestnut Hill through the high crime section known as "the Badlands." The congregations along this route range from the wealthiest to the poorest populations in Philadelphia. Some congregants are immigrants who find safety...