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Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus-thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike. -Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents – North America, South America, Africa, and Asia…
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This paper describes incipient international and regional Latin American deliberations concerning normative frameworks for addressing environmentally-induced migration, and the role attributed to religion in these accounts. It begins by sketching the history of international normative instruments in support of refugees, highlighting Latin America’s leadership in successive efforts to advance refugee protections and to broaden inclusion…
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Multiple developments across Latin America and the Caribbean signal that the environmental drivers of migration are receiving more attention. For the first time, repeated calls for greater regional unity on climate at the annual Conference of Party (COP) meetings organized under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) led to a joint declaration by…
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Hemos entrado a una nueva era geológica: el Antropoceno. En esta etapa de vida del planeta, la actividad humana es el agente dominante del medioambiente. Ante un clima errático que nos afecta, los individuos y las comunidades vienen recreando ideas y respuestas de un orden cosmológico, cultural y religioso con la finalidad de encarar los…
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Bolivia is a nation energetically confronting stubborn legacies of second-class citizenship as part of their historic process of political transformation, which began in early 2000 and culminated in the election to the presidency in late 2005 of Aymara-descended coca grower and opposition leader Evo Morales. The civil unrest seen in those intervening years was a…
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This comprehensive study of the intersection of death and religion offers a unique look at how religious people approach death in the twenty-first century. Previous scholarship has largely focused on traditional beliefs and paid little attention to how religious traditions evolve in relation to their changing social context. Employing a sociological approach, “Death and Religion…
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This rich, broad-reaching anthology explores everyday religious practices across several of the world’s religious traditions. Organized thematically—politics, ethics, and aesthetics—the volume examines topics of war, civil religion, science, women and children, capitalism, nature, education, death and dying, visual art, music, sport, humor, film, and more, with engaging and provocative photographs throughout. A useful resource for…
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This intriguing three-volume set explores the ways in which religion is bound to the practice of daily life and how daily life is bound to religion. In Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, 36 international scholars describe the impact of religious practices around the world, using rich examples drawn from personal observation. Instead of repeating…
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“Religion and ecology” has arrived. What was once a niche interest for a few academics concerned with environmental issues and a few environmentalists interested in religion has become an established academic field with classic texts, graduate programs, regular meetings at academic conferences, and growing interest from other academics and the mass media. Theologians, ethicists, sociologists,…
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How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change? Climate Politics and the Power of Religion is an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection…
