Based on extensive original research at the local level, this book explores the relationship
between Russian Orthodoxy and politics in contemporary Russia. It reveals close personal …

This is the first book to explore how religious movements and actors shape and are shaped
by aspects of global city dynamics. Theoretically grounded and empirically informed …

Purpose Entrepreneurs engaging in social entrepreneurship are inspired by a need to make
a difference in their local socio-economic circumstances. In developing countries and …

How does a relationship come about between religious practitioners and supernatural
beings? According to the mediation turn—which has recently taken hold in the material …

This article draws on the anthropology of crisis to analyze ways in which communal‐
religious responses to crisis situations can reveal engrained social and cultural structures …

Since 2010, religious organisations in the Russian Federation have been legally
empowered to claim back property confiscated by the state after the October Revolution in …

This article looks at the relationship between the US military and CrossFit, a functional
fitness training method and sport, and focuses on how their affinities coalesce around the …

Abstract Kenyan Pentecostals in London (re) frame their migration as a “mission” to bring the
United Kingdom back into the Kingdom of God. Focusing on the case of one church founded …

This chapter builds on anthropological studies that examine the role of religious practice in
the construction of belonging within the context of migration. We expand on such studies by …

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the application of Christian educational values must be
sustainable. These values need to be reviewed consistently concerning massive changes …