In the face of continuing debate about the adequacy and definition of the concept of
'religion', this paper argues that it is necessary for the social sciences to become more self …

At the end of a five-year journey to find out what religious Americans think about science,
Ecklund and Scheitle emerge with the real story of the relationship between science and …

How do religious women talk about and practise citizenship? How is religion linked to
gender and nationality? What are their views on gender equality, women's movements and …

This book offers a new and fresh approach to understanding social movements. It provides
interdisciplinary perspectives on social and cultural protest and contentious politics. It …

Brexit and the election of President Trump in the United States are the result of the rise of far-
right populist movements which can be observed in Europe, North America, and other …

Socially responsible investing (SRI) mutual funds are becoming a popular investment option
for investors. Stemming from religious origins, these funds deliberately inject moral concerns …

There is no easy answer to the question of whether religiosity promotes or hinders
commitment to democracy. Earlier research largely pointed to religiosity as a source of …

Religion's effect on individual tendency to engage in political protest is influenced both by
the resources available to citizens at the individual level and opportunities provided to …

In many countries, abortion is the most contested issue being publicly discussed, in part,
because it has important implications for gender equality, health, family formation, politics …

From Marx's famous dictum that religion is “the opium of the people” to Weber's recognition
of the dignity reaped by the “religiously musical,” disagreement about both the prosocial and …