The Rise of Protestantism in Modern Korea
This book unpacks the extraordinary rise of Protestant Christianity as South Korea’s largest religion. In just 130 years, it eclipsed ancient traditions like Buddhism and Confucianism. A vital resource for students of religion, history, sociology, and culture.
The Secret History of the Soul
What if the soul wasn’t an abstract entity but a physical force? This book examines forgotten models from the ancient world where spirit was a potent, transferable energy that blurred the line between body and soul and was used to effect magical cures.
Transformation of Political Islam in Turkey
Köni scrutinizes the causes and the nature of the major changes that Turkish political Islam witnessed from its emergence in the 1970s until the middle of 2012. He focuses on two particular aspects, specifically Turkish state elites and globalization.
Transforming From Christianity to Islam
Why would a Western woman convert to Islam and embrace the hijab? These personal accounts explore the complex reality where devotion collides with the immense influence of peer, social, and male pressure on one of life’s biggest decisions.
Ten articles on contemporary Muslim thought, gathered here, give testimony to the existence of plurality in Muslim theology. They each focus on the thought of a contemporaneous Muslim theologian and deliberate the interdependence between theological debates and their context.
This volume explores how well-being captures the imagination by addressing issues related to the social good and the quest for personal happiness. It discusses what difference the study of well-being makes from a Christian perspective.
Witchcraft in Africa
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.
Women’s Movements and Countermovements
This volume explores women’s movements and their countermovements in Southeast Asia and North Africa. Covering case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco and Tunisia, it reveals the dominant pattern of Islamist movements countering the goals of women’s movements.