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12 produkter
More Than Belief
A Materialist Theory of Religion
Inbunden, 2011
1611 kr
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Over the past several decades, postmodernist and postcolonial challenges to traditional theories and methods have revolutionized the social sciences. The discipline of religious studies, however, has been relatively slow to confront these developments, continuing to rely heavily on textual methods …
More Than Belief
A Materialist Theory of Religion
Häftad, 2010
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
781 kr
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Over the past several decades, postmodernist and postcolonial challenges to traditional theories and methods have revolutionized the social sciences. The discipline of religious studies, however, has been relatively slow to confront these developments, continuing to rely heavily on textual methods …
The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity
Häftad, 2008
621 kr
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This 1997 study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a …
The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity
Inbunden, 1997
1514 kr
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This 1997 study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a …
Immigrant Faiths
Transforming Religious Life in America
Av Karen I. Leonard, Alex Stepick m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1208 kr
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Recent immigration is changing American religion. No longer only a Protestant, Christian, or even Judeo-Christian nation, the United States is increasingly home to religious traditions from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The history, spirit, and institutions of Protestantism …
Immigrant Faiths
Transforming Religious Life in America
Av Karen I. Leonard, Alex Stepick m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
614 kr
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Recent immigration is changing American religion. No longer only a Protestant, Christian, or even Judeo-Christian nation, the United States is increasingly home to religious traditions from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The history, spirit, and institutions of Protestantism …
Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
Av Anna L. Peterson, Manuel A. Vásquez m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
441 kr
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This volume resulted from a collaborative research project into responses of Protestant and Catholic religious communities in the Americas to the challenges of globalization. Contributors from the fields of religion, anthropology, political science, and sociology draw on fieldwork in Peru, El …
Globalizing the Sacred
Religion Across the Americas
Av Manuel A. Vásquez, Marie F. Marquardt
Häftad, 2003
405 kr
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French and German tourists join Mexican migrant workers to venerate the image of the Virgin Mary at a strip mall in Florida; Latino gang members, deported from the United States to home countries they barely know, find Jesus in transnational churches; U.S. evangelicals use electronic media to …
Place to Be
Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations
Av Philip Williams, Timothy Steigenga m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
405 kr
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A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's new South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond. The …
Latin American Religions
Histories and Documents in Context
Av Anna L. Peterson, Manuel A. Vasquez
Inbunden, 2008
1222 kr
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Before Columbus, the Americas were populated by many indigenous cultures, with a great diversity of religions. After 1492, European governments and churches dominated religious life. While Roman Catholicism was the official religion, great religious hybridization occurred, mixing European, …
Latin American Religions
Histories and Documents in Context
Av Anna L. Peterson, Manuel A. Vasquez
Häftad, 2008
385 kr
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Before Columbus, the Americas were populated by many indigenous cultures, with a great diversity of religions. After 1492, European governments and churches dominated religious life. While Roman Catholicism was the official religion, great religious hybridization occurred, mixing European, …
Living "e;Illegal"e;
The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration
Av Manuel A. Vasquez, Philip J. Williams m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
214 kr
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A myth-busting account of the tragedies, trials, and successes of undocumented immigration in the United States. For decades now, America''s polarizing debate over immigration revolved around a set of one-dimensional characters and unchallenged stereotypes. The resulting policies—from the creation …
