This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students
to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic …

Is it true that religion is weakening in modern times, or are we facing religious resurgence?
What is fundamentalism? How does it emerge and grow? What role does religion play in …

This article explores how religion shapes civic cultures through a cross‐national study of
voluntary association membership. I adopt a multi‐level approach to examine the influence …

The aim of this book is to explore and analyze the Islamic axioms, foundation principles and
values underpinning the field of governance in an attempt to construct the architectonics of a …

This article examines the emergence and significance of religion among Eritreans in the
United States as a basis for building community in diaspora, reconfiguring nationalist …

International institutions have promoted a 'good governance'agenda as an archetypal model
to achieve development for underdeveloped and developing countries. However, closer …

The levels of civic engagement in terms of social services and civic activism in the Catholic
churches of Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, and Shanghai are very different. While the former …

The concept ofreligious capital is emerging as a vehiclefor examining the relationship
between religion and economic development. Religious capital is a relatively new concept …

This study seeks to explain three models of network governance embedded in digital
practices that the mainstream monotheistic religions—Judaism, Catholic Christianity, and …

If we gaze through the narrow teleological prisms of politics, development, progress and
modernization, then religions should have disappeared by now. This perspective, that for …