Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 21

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion publishes empirical and theoretical studies of religion from a wide range of disciplines and from all parts of the globe. This volume includes a special section on spirituality and hope that brings together theoreticists and practitioners who present original research on this important and neglected topic. Alongside this section are papers presenting studies on subjects such as civic participation, suffering with God, and spirituality. Together these papers represent important contributions that advance theory and evidence in a number of different fields of contemporary relevance to the study of religion.

Contributors to the present volume include: Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, Gina Brelsford, Sarah A. Chickering, Joanne Dickson, Leslie J. Francis, Kenneth H. Hamilton, Russell McCann, Joyce O. Murphy, Michelle J. Scallon, Anthony Scioli, Patrick Shade, Christopher Sink, Jen Unwin, Andrew Village, Marcia Webb and Paul Wink.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004185232
• ISBN13: 9789004185234
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"