Jeffrey Haynes adopts a chronological and conceptual approach to introduce students to the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of religion and development in the developing world, focusing on key themes including environmental sustainability, health and education.

Thoroughly updated throughout, this second edition explores religious traditions from around the world and provides insights from across the sciences, making this book essential reading for all those wishing to come to their own understanding of some of the most important debates of our day.

From the debates about faith schools to the polemics of Richard Dawkins, Religion is an important debated part of modern life in the twenty first century. This title offers an introduction to religion and contemporary culture. It includes discussions of the psychology of religion, and globalisation and multiculturalism.

`Because `God' is infinite, nobody can have the last word.'What is this thing, religion, which has supposedly been the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries?

Presents religions as contemporary ways of life that motivate and inspire people. Because religious people refer to sacred texts, honour the founders of their religions, learn from elders, or mould their lives according to authoritative teachings, this work explains the relationship between tradition and contemporary practice.

This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis of key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the continuing presence of religion and belief in the public sphere.

Drawing on political philosophy and theology, theory and practice, this essay collection tackles the complex questions arising from the interface of religion and public life. Includes critical analyses of theorists Rawls, Stout and Habermas, and discussion of key issues such as religious education and human rights.

Intends to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. This companion considers films as diverse as "The Passion of the Christ", "The Matrix", "Star Wars" and "Groundhog Day".

Explores various modes of displaying the mysterious relations between divine and human agency, together with different accounts of sin and its consequences.

Argues that Christian understanding of salvation is not about a future in heaven but a way of life that shapes the present. This book also argues that such ways of thinking about salvation must be given greater prominence when thinking about inter-faith questions.

Thinking critically about Christianity today means taking the sceptics seriously. Following the tradition of authors of the last century, Robert Reiss engages sympathetically with people's religious doubt, resulting in a thought provoking book about what it means, practically, to be Christian today.

Science and Religion assesses the impact of social, political and intellectual change upon Anglican circles, with reference to Oxford University in the decades following the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars.

Sects & Stats aims to overturn the conventional wisdom by drawing on current quantitative data from two sources: questionnaire research on select NRMs and relevant national census data collected by Anglophone countries. Sects & Stats also makes a strong argument for the use of longitudinal methods in studying alternative religions.

A timely and fascinating examination of the decline in religious faith and rise of secular thought in western intellectual society.

An important and original theological and philosophical study of the ideas of self and Christian salvation.

Previous ed. edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow.