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Migration, caste and transnationalism: impact on Kerala’s Syrian Christianity
This article explores the impact of "in-house" and migrant-generated transnational practices on Syrian Christianity in Kerala, India. It examines the...
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Fundamentalism and rigorism in Orthodox Christianity: the case of contemporary Russia
Since the last socialist years and especially the end of the Soviet Union, the importance of Orthodox Christianity has greatly increased in...
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“Unholy Alliance”: Identification and prevention of ideological and religious frames between right-wing populism and christianity in Poland
Since 2015, power in Poland has been exercised by the right-wing populist coalition, led by the socially conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party....
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The Volume of Coverage of Religion Overall, Christianity, and Islam in British and Turkish Newspapers
In this study’s first empirical chapter, I provide and analyse quantitative data about the volume of coverage of religion overall, Christianity, and...
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Christianity and Indigenous Cosmology in Gopinath Mohanty’s Dadibudha
Shifting focus of colonialism in British Odisha may be seen in literary representation of ethnic communities in ethnographic narrative of Gopinath...
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Stigma, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Co** of Sexual Minority Youth Raised in Conservative Versus Mainstream Denominations of Christianity: A Mixed Method Study
We quantitatively examined whether Dutch sexual minority youth raised with conservative Protestantism reported more family- and self-stigmatization,...
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Mediatized Christianity
Chapter 8 elaborates on three themes emerging throughout the book—first, mediatization of religion and the...
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Nationalism and Chinese Protestant Christianity: From Anti-imperialism to Islamophobia
Viewing the historical development of Chinese Christianity, this chapter argues that, far from being a static concept, nationalism has constantly...
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Women and Christianity in Africa
The place of women in African Christianity and the tension between prejudices and the need for participation by all in the Christian enterprise on...
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‘Believing Without Belonging’ in Twenty European Countries (1981–2008) De-institutionalization of Christianity or Spiritualization of Religion?
Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie’s theory about ‘believing without belonging’, this paper offers a comparative...
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“A Christianity for Times of Revolution”: Context of the Political–Intellectual Reception and Controversy over Liberation Theology in the Chilean Path to Socialism, 1970–1973
The objective of this article is to undertake a historical analysis of the reception of liberation theology in Chile in 1970–1973. The concept of liberation...
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Martyrdom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Analogies and Differences
Death plays a special role in every culture. And voluntary death for a higher purpose has a very specific meaning in both religious and secular...
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Christianity and Civic Activism in Postcolonial Hong Kong
This article investigates the resilience of Christian faith-based activism in Hong Kong from the Umbrella Movement (2014) to the mass protests...
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Good Behaviour: Islam and Christianity as Framework for Religious Life
This chapter compares the foundation events of Islam and Christianity, arguing that these historical beginnings had long-term effects on the...
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The abortion debate in American Christianity: church authority structures, denominational responses, and the stances of the affiliated
With religion serving an important role in sha** individuals’ stances on moral issues, the question of how religion impacts major social and...
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The myth of Muslim violence: Theorizing religion in the war on terror
Both inside and outside the academy, identifications of Islam as a terrorist threat have gained traction during the on-going War on Terror. William...