.... funeral banners Ghana Ghana funeral banners obituary posters Ghana Africa cultural importance of death in Christian funerary practices Ghana Goody Jack Parker John traditional funerary practices Ghana Mauss Marcel ancestors in Ghana Meyer Birgitte bad death transformation of in Ghana good...

... religions teach about social welfare and how social policy has interacted with religion in various national welfare settings around the world. This chapter focuses on the five major world faiths — Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam — in their general and local forms since together...

... they are not. In particular, Catto and Perfect draw attention to an important controversy revealed in debates about religion and the law about the place of Christianity in Britain – whether it is privileged or marginalised. They conclude that there is ‘a growing consensus that litigation ought to be a last resort’, yet...

...In Sub-Saharan Africa, changes in the high rate of HIV/AIDS infection, economic instability, unemployment, and religion were spurred by the rise of African independent churches to the current popularity of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity and Catholicism. To be able to understand...

.... It describes European religious history as extremely complex, thus, capable of providing the opportunity for comparative perspectives on belief and ageing. It notes that recent increased migration has brought greater acquaintance with different forms of Christianity within Eastern Europe, and also a greater...

...This chapter discusses the loss of religion and belief literacy, which it locates in two public spheres: welfare and education. The period before the loss of religion and belief literacy in Britain and the West was, by its very nature, almost entirely Christian. Although there was a degree...

...Drawing on the South African context specifically and the international context more broadly, this chapter focuses on religiously informed social norms that contribute towards abortion stigma. It explores how Christian beliefs around motherhood, procreation, sex, women and family intersect...

...This chapter covers the timeframe from the early period of Christianity, all the way to the years that immediately followed the Renaissance. The discussion is divided into four main sections: the New Testament and human welfare, St Augustine, St Francis, and St Thomas Aquinas. It is noted...

...This chapter will examine the relationship between Christian religiosity and attitudes toward social safety-net policies over the past three decades among Latinos in the US. Over the past thirty years the US has experienced notable reductions in social safety-net coverage, in the context...

... ‘the stranger’ (or alien) to the groups that should be protected. These Hebrew scriptures formed the context for Christian scriptures which were codified in the 4th century CE. Early Christians held property in common and esteemed charity, good works, and caring for widows and orphans in their communities...

...This chapter examines how networks and hierarchies are false opposites. The chapter explores the transmission of power through networks, from the history of Christianity to the rise of modern bureaucracies. Turning to communist revolutionary strategy, the insurgency of Mao, and the construction...

... Sociology Christianity Church As a sociologist carrying out research on clergy attitudes towards science, one of my favourite tales concerns a senior church leader who volunteered to be interviewed. When we met up, I thanked him for agreeing to speak to me about Christianity and science. At this point...

...Inspired by Oxford University’s Christian social reform clubs in the early 20 th century, Basil Henriques a young Jewish gentleman from a distinguished, upper middle-class family in London determined to establish a Jewish boys’ club in London’s East End. Influenced first by his mother’s devotion...

... the others, many adopt worldviews, behaviours and practices that reflect a hybridity in how they perceive, understand and experience the world around them. This results in multiple childhood and children’s rights experiences or possibilities. Christianity Europeanization Indigenous people Islam religion...

...This chapter focuses on the role of belief during the experience of loss in later life. It clarifies this issue by means of case illustrations of those aspects of Christian faith and practice that appear to be particularly beneficial. These include the opportunities for engagement in religious...

...Based on forty years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual, and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the context of bereavement. Participants include not only British Christians, but also Muslims...

... Amendment guide , Nashville, TN: First Amendment Center. Hamburger, P. ( 2002 ) The separation of church and state , Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Hatch, N. ( 1989 ) The democratization of American Christianity , New Haven, CT: Yale...

... providers, the chapter scrutinises the exclusionary implications of religious food aid and argues that power inequalities, inherent to faith-based food charity, fatally undermine possibilities for participation and solidarity advocated by some service providers. 21st century austerity charity Christian...

... was almost entirely based on a Christian, scriptural approach, though increasingly with consideration of the other 'world religions'. The requirement for religious education of a 'Christian character', the notion of 'six main religions', the continuing mandate for a daily act of collective worship, the right...