▪ Abstract The late twentieth century has seen far-reaching changes in the translocal cultural
regimes known as world religions. This review examines the politics and meanings of recent …

The relationship of reflexivity to the involves not only issues concerning f graphic reflexivity,
but the very concep which folklore and folklife studies is p to influence the way folklorists …

The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are
derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient …

Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the
shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both …

The aim of this paper is to understand the complexity of travel motivations to sacred places.
Using ethnographic techniques within the Greek Orthodox context, we argue that while …

WHEN, in early 1978, I arrived in the Gayo highlands of Sumatra to begin field work, I
intended to study social structure and history. I did not plan to investigate local forms of …

This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian,
and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the private and …

Kosovo is an area which has become known as an example of a conflict-ridden and
segregated society, in which Albanians and Serbs live completely divided in …

The nature of qualitative inquiry means that researchers constantly have to deal with the
unexpected, and all too often this includes coping with the presence of danger or risk …

Following World War II, the Catholic Church in Europe faced the challenge of establishing
political influence with newly emerging democratic governments. The Church became, as …