Books in the Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies series

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The introductory survey includes discussions of the comparative study of religious social action, the role that religious organizations play in modern societies, contemporary studies of other societies, and churches and social action throughout history.

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This volume offers a summary of key developments concerning scholarship on Islam in China and presents a record of research on this topic. The first part of the book is a narrative introduction to the history of Islam in China, the coexistence of Chinese and Muslim cultures, and contemporary issues.

This work documents the story of 20th-century criticism and praise for Augustine's classic, an ancient text that has grown in stature like few other Western classics.

?[The editors] have taken an extremely complicated and gigantic body of material and made it useful to scholars in religion of every level. They include in this thoroughly annotated listing materials from many disciplines and from every Western language. Dictionaries, bibliographies, and handbooks are included. The volume is equipped with author, title, and subject indexes. It will be useful to the beginning student and necessary for the full-time scholar in undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses in theology and church history. Most highly recommended. Summa cum laude.?-Choice

A burgeoning body of literature on death and dying is organized into a comprehensive, carefully outlined, annotated list in this volume, which cites more than 2200 books, articles, chapters, monographs, and reports primarily concerned with the counseling and theological aspects of death and dying.

Lippy makes a case for the importance of exploring popular religion if one is to understand the dynamics of modern religious life. Lippy provides a critical assessment of the state of the study of popular religion, including an examination of theoretical materials that wrestle with trying to define precisely what popular religion is.

The dramatic increase in religiously motivated political activity in the United States since the early 1980s has spawned an increased scholarly awareness of the relationship between religion and politics.

Throughout history, people have been intrigued with spirits, angels, or devas as sources of wisdom and guidance.