ISBN:
9780415800563
,
0415800560
,
9780203835104
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 254 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Herzog, Albert A. Titus Hjelm (Ed.): Religion and Social Problems 2012
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 56
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Religion and social problems
DDC:
201/.76
Keywords:
Religion and social problems
;
Church and social problems
;
Social policy
;
Religion and state
;
Religion and social problems
;
Konferenzschrift 2009
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Religion
;
Soziale Probleme
;
Religion
;
Soziale Probleme
;
Religion
;
Soziale Probleme
;
Soziologie
Description / Table of Contents:
Religion and social problems: three perspectives / Titus Hjelm -- The indirect result of religious norms and practices: explaining Islam's role in limiting the spread of HIV/AIDS / Amy Adamczyk -- Islam and labor market integration in Denmark / Peter B Andersen and Peter Lüchau -- Religious diversity and social problems: the case of Britain / James A. Beckford -- Fighting against unemployment: Finnish parishes as agents in European social fund projects / Sanna Lehtinen -- Religion as a solution to social problems: a Christian Orthodox approach to international humanitarian issues / Lina Molokotos-Liederman -- Religion and social capital research in South Africa: mapping an agenda in progress / Ignatius Swart -- Campaigning for justice: religious and legal activism in challenging illegal immigration as a social problem in the U.S. / Gastón Espinosa -- Missionaries and social workers: visions of sexuality in religious discourse / Marian Burchardt -- Perception of Muslims and Islam in Australian schools: a national survey / Abe W. Ata -- Religious problems in contemporary Japanese society: two cases after the Aum Shinrikyo affair / Michiaki Okuyama -- George W. Bush and church-state partnerships to administer social service programs: cautions and concerns / Derek H. Davis -- The cult as a social problem / Eileen Barker -- Other religons as social problem: The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and Afro-Brazilian traditions / Steven Engler -- Islam and integration in German media discourse / Yasemin El-Menouar and Melanie Becker.
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