Sociology

In an age of religious indifference, many efforts at evangelization fail without “pre-evangelization”—patiently tilling the soil to build the trust and openness for the Gospel to take root. This book takes a positive approach to leveraging new media for this essential work.

This book argues that the practice of dowry in India is evolving into gruesome economic violence, while the law has failed to keep pace. It explores the coercion and exploitation of women and suggests a multipronged approach to ending the culture of dowry violence with impunity.

This book provides an intimate glimpse into the beliefs, attitudes and experiences of Australian Christians and Muslims towards each other. It highlights the factors that inhibit and/or motivate interfaith engagement, drawing on diverse fields like social psychology and history.

This book examines the complexities and challenges of witchcraft in contemporary Africa. It opens new areas of research into the intersections of witchcraft with governance, development, and conflict, providing holistic knowledge on this phenomenon in African ontology.

This book explores the historical origins of sexism and misogyny in American mythology through the lens of comic books. It argues that misogyny is not the product of nefarious individuals, but is perpetuated by a male-dominated mythological and social structure in our media.

This volume depicts the deradicalization of the Nation of Islam and its return to an American national identity. It offers a reflection on how ethnicity is more resilient than ethnic identity, allowing people to change identity and circumvent those imposed on them by birth.