The series will focus on empirical studies at the intersection of theory and practice, and investigates the nexus of religion, spirituality and public life in a rapidly changing world.
Edited by Ken Chitwood (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Oxford University Press, 2025
By Karen Brison (Australian National University, 2023)
The specific “place” that provides the context through which we interact with the larger world is of key importance in developing our ongoing understanding of that world. Religion is no different in this regard.
Edited by Richard Flory and Diane Winston
(Routledge, 2021)
By Donald E. Miller with Lorna Touryan Miller and Arpi Misha Miller
(University of California Press, 2020)
By Melinda Lundquist Denton & Richard Flory
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
Kimberly Kay Hoang and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, editors
(Abe Books, 2014)
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