Author: Elisabeth Arweck

This volume brings together current research on young people, (non)religion, and diversity, documenting the forms young people’s stances may take and the social or spatial contexts in which these may …

New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these ‘cult’ groups still tend to be …

New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah”s Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these ”cult” groups still tend to …

New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah”s Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these ”cult” groups still tend to …

Investigating the hitherto unexplored topic of how young people understand and relate to religious diversity in the social context in which they are growing up, this book makes a significant contribu …

Investigating the hitherto unexplored topic of how young people understand and relate to religious diversity in the social context in which they are growing up, this book makes a significant contribu …

This volume presents the findings of a number of empirical and theoretical studies on education about religions and worldviews (ERW) conducted in the Western societies of Britain, Ireland, Canada, No …

This volume presents the findings of a number of empirical and theoretical studies on education about religions and worldviews (ERW) conducted in the Western societies of Britain, Ireland, Canada, No …

The present collection brings together a set of essays which shed light on recent research into non-religion, secularity and atheism-topics which have been emerging as important areas of current rese …

The present collection brings together a set of essays which shed light on recent research into non-religion, secularity and atheism-topics which have been emerging as important areas of current rese …

This volume presents findings from recent research focusing on young people and the way they relate to religion in their education and upbringing. The essays are diverse and multidisciplinary – in te …

This volume presents findings from recent research focusing on young people and the way they relate to religion in their education and upbringing. The essays are diverse and multidisciplinary – in te …

Religions have always been associated with particular forms of knowledge, often knowledge accorded special significance and sometimes knowledge at odds with prevailing understandings of truth and aut …

Religions have always been associated with particular forms of knowledge, often knowledge accorded special significance and sometimes knowledge at odds with prevailing understandings of truth and aut …

To what extent is religion inherently textual? What might the term ”textual” mean in relation to religious faith and practice? These are the two key questions addressed by the eleven thought-provok …

To what extent is religion inherently textual? What might the term ”textual” mean in relation to religious faith and practice? These are the two key questions addressed by the eleven thought-provok …

The material symbol has become central to understanding religion in late modernity. Overtly theological approaches use words to express the values and faith of a religion, but leave out the ”incarna …

The material symbol has become central to understanding religion in late modernity. Overtly theological approaches use words to express the values and faith of a religion, but leave out the ”incarna …

In recent years, there has been growing awareness across a range of academic disciplines of the value of exploring issues of religion and the sacred in relation to cultures of everyday life. Explorin …

In recent years, there has been growing awareness across a range of academic disciplines of the value of exploring issues of religion and the sacred in relation to cultures of everyday life. Explorin …