Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict more than other social identities? Through an extended history of C...
The historical interplay of Hinduism as an ancient Indian religion and Christianity as a religion associated (in India, at least) with foreign power and coloni...
In 2002, East Timor became an independent state following a long conflict with Indonesia, and went on to adopt a semi-presidential form of government. In a semi...
This volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses,...
Given its relatively late encounter with the West, Hawaii offers an exciting opportunity to study a society whose traditional lifeways and technologies were rec...
byAfe Adogame,Chad Bauman,Damaris Parsitau,Jeaney Yip
The Routledge Handbook of Megachurches provides a survey of global megachurch phenomena, with an international slate of authors introducing existing and emergin...
A textbook focusing on the process of writing and the options available for students, rather than on the technicalities of language or composition. The fifth ed...
The book examines the relationship between family resilience and recovery from substance use disorders. It presents information on etiology of substance use dis...
byJohn Bauman,Roger Biles,Kristin Szylvian
Authored by prominent scholars, the twelve essays in this volume use the historical perspective to explore American urban housing policy as it unfolded from the...
Sports are an integral part of American society. Millions of dollars are spent every year on professional, collegiate, and youth athletics, and participation in...
byAndrea Romero,Lisa Edwards,Sheri Bauman,Marissa Ritter
Since the 1960s, in comparison to other ethnic and gender groups, a higher rate of depression and suicide ideation has been documented for Lat...
byWilliam Stokoe, H-Dirksen L. Bauman,Heidi Rose,Jennifer Nelson,W. Mitchell
This unique collection of essays at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. ...
byPeter Afflerbach,James Hoffman,James Baumann,Sarah McCarthey, Ann M. Duffy-Hester
This book appears at a time when the crisis rhetoric about schools, teaching, and learning to read is extremely high. There is a rising call within the professi...
A selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--...