Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Sociology of Religion

First published in 1979, this book makes a detailed study of Rastafarianism. It traces the expansion of Rastafarian culture from its origins and development in Jamaica through to the growth of Rastafarian life in Britain. It looks at Rastafarian culture in England in the late 1970s based on the author s intimate experiences and communications with followers of the movement.

Im Zuge gegenwartigen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise sind die Wirtschaftswissenschaften und ihre gesellschaftliche Rolle stark in die Kritik geraten. Der publizistisch erfolgreichste Vorstoss ist dabei Joseph Vogls Band Das Gespenst des Kapitals . Er formuliert nicht nur eine Fundamentalkritik am wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Mainstream, sondern es gelingt ihm zusatzlich, diese Kritik in ein weit ausholendes historisches Narrativ einzubetten und dies mit der Frage, wie die Wirtschaftswissenschaften selbst noch verandernd auf ihren Objektbereich einwirken, elegant zu verkoppeln. Das...

Muslim communities have become increasingly salient in the social, cultural, and political landscape in Canada largely due to the aftermath of 9/11 and the racial politics of the ongoing "war on terror" that have cast Muslims as the new "enemy within."

Islam in the Hinterlands features empirical studies and critical essays by some of Canada's top Muslim Studies scholars who examine how gender, public policy, media, and education shape the Muslim experience in Canada. Touching on much-debated issues, such as the shar'ia controversy, veiling in public schools, media portrayals...

Unseen presences. Apparitions. Hearing voices. Although some people would find such experiences to be distressing and seek clinical help, others perceive them as transformative. Occasionally, these unusual phenomena give rise to new spiritual paths or religious movements. Revelatory Events provides fresh insights into what is perhaps the bedrock of all religious belief--the claim that otherworldly powers are active in human affairs.

Ann Taves looks at Mormonism, Alcoholics Anonymous, and A Course in Miracles--three cases in which insiders claimed that a spiritual...

Unseen presences. Apparitions. Hearing voices. Although some people would find such experiences to be distressing and seek clinical help, others perceive them as transformative. Occasionally, these unusual phenomena give rise to new spiritual paths or religious movements. Revelatory Events provides fresh insights into what is perhaps the bedrock of all religious belief--the claim that otherworldly powers are active in human affairs.

Ann Taves looks at Mormonism, Alcoholics Anonymous, and A Course in Miracles--three cases in which insiders claimed that a spiritual...