Researchers estimate that by 2030 half of all Latinos in America will be Protestant. Latino Protestants in America takes readers inside the numbers to highlight the many reasons Latino Protestants are growing, the diversity of this group, and the implications of this growth on politics, economics, religion, and more.
In Orthodox Judaism, Halacha-the legal code derived from the Torah and the Talmud-constructs and determines Jewish life, informing not only practices of prayer and holiday observance but also financial behavior, personal relationships, and gender roles. Given the central importance of rabbinical Halachic guidance for everyday Jewish life, the ......
This book analyzes how concepts of race and religion were interpreted in the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb, the first case to provide race-based legal protection to American Jews. The author examines how the judges viewed the White-perceived Jews as well as the congregants' reactions and embodied experiences.
Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France
Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa. While France has successfully integrated waves of immigrants in the past, this new influx poses a new variety of challenges -much as it does in neighboring European countries.
Patterns of Immigrant Religion in the United States, Canada, and Western
Examines trends and patterns relating to religion in the lives of immigrants. This book moves beyond specific studies of particular faiths in particular immigrant destinations to present the religious lives of immigrants in the United States, Canada, and Europe on a broad scale.
Patterns of Immigrant Religion in the United States, Canada, and Western
Examines trends and patterns relating to religion in the lives of immigrants. This book moves beyond specific studies of particular faiths in particular immigrant destinations to present the religious lives of immigrants in the United States, Canada, and Europe on a broad scale.
From the Catholic-Protestant killings in Northern Ireland to the Hindu-Sikh-Muslim massacres in India, from the Orthodox-Catholic-Muslim horror in the former Yugoslavia to the Branch Davidian cult tragedy in Waco, Texas, religion is a powerful force that pits people against one another. This book chronicles the many surges of religious hostility.
Theodore Martin Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1917-2015) was the most widely recognized priest and university president of the twentieth century. This volume offers insights into how he not only transformed the University of Notre Dame but also addressed pressing social concerns ranging from civil rights to foreign relations.
This book provides psychotherapists both background knowledge and clinical guidelines for working effectively and sensitively with clients from the major religious faiths in the U.S.
