Religion / Religion and Society

Faithful Measures: New Methods in the Measurement of Religion

by Christopher D. Bader & Roger Finke

A venture into the art and science of measuring religion in everyday life   In an era of rapid technological advances, the measures and methods used to generate data about religion have undergone remarkably...

Blessed Among Women?

by Alicia D. Myers

Mothers appear throughout the New Testament. Called "blessed among women" by Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most obvious example. But she is far from the only mother in this...

Ethics at the Edges of Law

by Cathleen Kaveny

An interdisciplinary conversation between law and Christian thought exists, but has so far been centered in the legal academy. Law scholars have fruitfully critiqued contemporary legal and jurisprudential issues...

No Return from Democracy

by Faruk Mercan

It was rare, if not impossible, to find in ’80s and ’90s a Muslim cleric who spoke in favor of democracy, integration with the Western world, and universal human values. Fethullah Gülen was one of those....

Refocusing My Family

by Amber Cantorna

In 2012, at the age of twenty-seven, Amber Cantorna came out to her family as gay. As the daughter of a Focus on the Family executive, telling this truth came at a high cost.

Refocusing My Family is Amber‘s...

Phallicism - Celestial and Terrestrial, Heathen and Christian - Its Connexion with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its Foundation in Buddhism -

by Hargreave Jennings

Within this book, Hargrave Jennings looks at the role "Phallicism" has played in various religions, including Rosicrucianism, Gnosticism, and Buddhism. A fascinating exploration of the significance of sexuality...

Taxing the Church

by Edward A. Zelinsky

This book explores the taxation and exemption of churches and other religious institutions, both empirically and normatively. This exploration reveals that churches and other religious institutions are treated...

Catholicism and American Political Ideologies

by Stephen M. Krason

This book examines the perspectives of American liberalism and conservatism in the new millennium—their general political and social philosophy and their positions in leading public issue areas—and evaluates...

The Architectonics of Hope: Violence, Apocalyptic, and the Transformation of Political Theology

by Kyle Gingerich Hiebert & Cyril O'Regan

The Architectonics of Hope provides a critical excavation and reconstruction of the Schmittian seductions that continue to bedevil contemporary political theology. Despite a veritable explosion of interest in...

The Martyr's Oath: Living for the Jesus They're Willing to Die For

by Johnnie Moore

Be Inspired by Amazing Eyewitness Stories of Hope and Courage from the Persecuted Church

We are witnessing an astonishing escalation in Christian persecution like we have rarely seen since the first century....

For the Wild

by Sarah M. Pike

For the Wild explores the ways in which the commitments of radical environmental and animal-rights activists develop through powerful experiences with the more-than-human world during childhood and young adulthood....

Jesus in the White House: Make Humanity Great Again

by Gina Messina

In a nation where the majority of Evangelical and Catholic populations elected Donald J. Trump to the highest office in the land, many have been left scratching their heads. How did Jesus’ teachings result...

End-Times Super Trends: A Political, Economic, and Cultural Forecast of the Near-Term Prophetic Future

by Ron Rhodes

Prophecy expert Ron Rhodes analyzes 15 current trends that affect us on a global, national, and personal scale—suggesting some inescapable consequences to our safety, rights, and way of life. See where these...

Einstein and the Rabbi

by Naomi Levy

A bestselling author and rabbi’s profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi.

“A human being...

The Grace of Shame

by Tim Bayly, Joseph Bayly & Jürgen von Hagen

For this generation of Christians in the western world, sexuality is the battle being waged in the culture. Traditional marriage is out the window and every manner of sexual perversity is being pushed as good...

Planetary Solidarity

by Grace Ji-Sun Kim & Hilda P. Koster

Planetary Solidarity brings together leading Latina, womanist, Asian American, Anglican American, South American, Asian, European, and African woman  theologians on the issues of doctrine, women, and climate...

Crazy Talk

by Karl N. Jacobson, Marc D. Olson, Mrgan Torgerson & Megan J. Thorvilson et al.

So much theology is confusing and intimidating. The concepts themselves are given weighty-sounding names, such as incarnation and justification, and the explanations of the concepts sometimes can be more confusing...

The Laws of Mission

by Ryuho Okawa

In this day and age of advanced scientific and information technology, we are often deluded by a false sense that we know everything. But in fact, many people cannot even answer simple but fundamental questions...

Energy in Orthodox Theology and Physics: From Controversy to Encounter

by Stoyan Tanev & David Bradshaw

It is well known that energy is a fundamental concept in physics. Much less well known is that it is also a key concept in Eastern Christian or Orthodox theology. This book from Dr. Stoyan Tanev--a physicist,...

Satanic Feminism

by Per Faxneld

According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries. The notion of woman as the Devil's accomplice is prominent...