Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-secular Modernity 1317517903, 9781317517900

The Politics of Postsecular Religion: Mourning Secular Futures 9780231512671

Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise d

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Sacred Marriage in the Rituals of Greek Religion 3261044322, 9783261044327

The concept of hieros gamos has roused scholar's interest since the 19th century. The review of scholarship is indi

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The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age 9781614516477, 9781614517504

This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religi

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The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age 9781614516477, 9781614517504

This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religi

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The Sacred Canopy. Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion 9781453215395

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The Enlightenment and religion: The myths of modernity 9781526137722

This publication offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in 18th-century Europe. Focusing on Enlight

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Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity 9789048516278

The book casts new light on the relation between religion and modernity in Southeast Asia and beyond.

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Postsecular Poetics: Negotiating the Sacred and Secular in Contemporary African Fiction 9781032231655, 9781032316888, 9781003276081

This book is the first full-length study of the postsecular in African literatures. Religion, secularism, and the intric

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Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel 9781575065274

Thirteen essays from an ASOR symposium on the relationship among archaeology, text and our understanding of ancient Isra

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Secrets of the Sacred Texts (Secrets in the Sacred Texts)

"He who knows does not talk, he who talks does not know." Lao Tzu Truer words were never stated--at least in r

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