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RELIGION

Religious Diversity Today

Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World
3 VOLUMES
JEAN-GUY A. GOULET, GENERAL EDITOR
LIAM D. MURPHY AND ANASTASIA PANAGAKOS, EDITORS
“ Recommended. All academic levels; general readers. ”
Students of religion will find this a useful and interesting collection.

—Choice, July 1, 2016
Why is human suffering and the existence of evil part of the human experience? How does
religious doctrine establish one’s identity? In what ways does religion interact with and
shape the social order? This thought-provoking work ponders these questions and explores
December 2015, 910pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 the concept of religion from various perspectives: as a tool for self and community-based
Print: 978-1-4408-3331-1 spiritual awareness, as a set of practices that translates faith into interaction with others,
$194.00, £150.00, €177.00 and as a cornerstone of society for those who seek to harness—or hinder—its influence.
eBook: 978-1-4408-3332-8
FEATURES
JEAN-GUY A. GOULET, PhD, is professor • Features original essays on religious experience across a wide spectrum of social,
of conflict studies at Saint Paul University. cultural, and political environments
LIAM D. MURPHY, PhD, is professor of • Considers the social performance and effects of ritual
anthropology at California State University, • Includes content based on fieldwork in North America, South America, Europe, China,
Sacramento. the Philippines, South Africa, Morocco, and Lebanon
ANASTASIA PANAGAKOS, PhD, is • Reveals how the culture of professional sports compares to traditional religious cultures
professor of anthropology at Cosumnes
River College. • Connects religion with the cultural interpretations of body images and politics

Feminism and Religion

How Faiths View Women and Their Rights

MICHELE A. PALUDI AND J. HAROLD ELLENS, EDITORS
“ in feminism or world religions. Ideal for academic and public libraries
This volume will appeal to both scholars and general readers interested
”
alike.
—Library Journal, July 1, 2016
At a conference in 2013, Gloria Steinem noted that religion is the “biggest problem”
facing feminism today. In this insightful volume, a team of researchers, psychologists, and
religious leaders led by editors Michele A. Paludi and J. Harold Ellens supply their expertise
March 2016, 390pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 and informed opinions to examine the problems, spur understanding, and pose solutions
Print: 978-1-4408-3888-0
$73.00, £57.00, €67.00 to the conflicts between religion and women’s rights, thereby advocating a global interest
eBook: 978-1-4408-3889-7 in justice and love for women. Examples of subjects addressed include the pro-life/pro-
choice debate, feminism in new age thought, and the complex intersections of religion and
feminism combined with gender, race, and ethnicity.
MICHELE A. PALUDI is Assistant Dean
and Faculty Program Director for human FEATURES
resources and leadership at Excelsior
College. • Features original essays on religious experience across a wide spectrum of social,
J. HAROLD ELLENS, PhD, is a retired cultural, and political environments
university professor of philosophy and • Considers the social performance and effects of ritual
psychology.
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