Routledge Studies in Religion
Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland: For God, Israel, and Ulster
1st Edition
By Véronique Altglas
July 20, 2026
This book explores the contemporary Judaization of evangelical Christianity through the ethnography of a Messianic congregation in Northern Ireland. A constellation of Messianic "congregations" have expanded worldwide over recent years, combining Jewish liturgy, symbols, and artifacts with ...
New Zealand Churches Respond to the Covid-19 Protection Framework: Loving our neighbours?
1st Edition
By Miryam Clough
July 20, 2026
This book examines the ways in which New Zealand’s churches interpreted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s “Covid-19 Protection Framework,” which saw unvaccinated New Zealanders excluded from access to many aspects of civil life, including church attendance. The book considers the socio-political ...
Religion Extended: How Perception, Embodiment, and Practice Underlie Religion
1st Edition
By Elena Kalmykova
July 20, 2026
Religion Extended contributes to discussions of aspects of religion that go beyond the epistemology of belief, incorporating other states such as understanding, emotion, knowledge of persons, knowledge-how, as well as practice. The author looks to bridge the gap in the study of religion between ...
Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion
1st Edition
By Eva Guigo-Patzelt
July 20, 2026
This book offers an in-depth, archive-based analysis of “scientific atheism”, focused on the development of the field in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Scientific atheism was established as a Soviet import in 1963 at Jena University, with a presence in East German universities, propaganda ...
Understanding Petitionary Prayer: Ask, and Ye Might Receive
1st Edition
By Shane Sharp
July 20, 2026
This book explores the “whats,” “whys,” and “hows” of petitionary prayer. Millions of people every single day ask God or some other supernatural being to make some outcome or event happen, whether it be to keep their children safe during a road trip, to give them the willpower to avoid succumbing ...
Faith Makes You Happy?: Insights from Happiness Research and Theology
1st Edition
By Johan Graafland
July 10, 2026
This book examines how faith and happiness intersect. It reflects on why religion and happiness are positively related, and why believers are often shown to be hap>pier than nonbelievers. The author provides an overview of existing literature on religion and happiness and draws on in-depth ...
Toleration, Freedom of Religion, and Church–State Relations in the Thought of the First Baptists: The Garden Walled Off from the Wilderness
1st Edition
By Rafał Prostak
June 19, 2026
This book focuses on the development of Baptist views on religious liberty. It explores the arguments for freedom of conscience and full religious toleration that were formulated in the 17th century by the first Baptists, a particularly persecuted religious current of the English Reformation. The ...
Children, Religion and Development: Perspectives on Spirituality and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathryn Kraft
June 10, 2026
Drawing from teachings and practices of diverse and distinct religious traditions, this volume takes a unique approach to exploring spiritual aspects of child development which may apply universally to children of all backgrounds. Research with children demonstrates how spirituality is a universal ...
Contemporary Yoga and Sacred Texts
1st Edition
Edited
By Susanne Scholz, Caroline Vander Stichele
May 22, 2026
This book explores the textual traditions that authorize the history, legitimacy, and authenticity of today’s physical posture practice. The volume focuses on why and how yoga communities have adopted various texts that they consider sacred or spiritually meaningful. Among the texts discussed are ...
Demons in the USA: From the Anti-Spiritualists to QAnon
1st Edition
By Michael E. Heyes
May 22, 2026
Demons in the USA argues that the discourse on the demonic that developed in the nineteenth century continues to exert a powerful hold over the American spiritual imagination. The book begins by tracing the conservative Christian encounter with Spiritualism in the nineteenth century and the mode of...
Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland, 1968-2008
1st Edition
By Briege Rafferty
April 30, 2026
This book offers an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, covering the period 1968-2008 from the outbreak of conflict into the era of peace. It investigates the experiences of sisters as they negotiated a changing religious and social landscape alongside the ...
How Somali Muslims Become Christians in Europe: A Theory of Religious Conversion and Disclosure
1st Edition
By Mátyás Bódi
February 27, 2026
Somali Christians constitute one of the world’s most persecuted religious minorities, yet their experiences have received remarkably little scholarly attention. This book offers the first in-depth examination of conversion from Islam to Christianity among Somalis and presents the first empirically ...