"The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in resea

The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multi

First Published in 1999. Postmodern theorist Michel Foucault is best known for his work on power/ knowledge, and on the regulation of sexuality in modern societ

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal ca

Leading scholars from Italy and the United States offer a fresh and nuanced image of the religious reform movements on the Italian peninsula in the sixteenth an