The Religion Factor An Introduction to How Religion Matters

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Religion and Identity Religion and ethnicity ..........3 Religion and nationality ..................15 Being Israel: Religion and ethnicity in Judaism ............32 Linking human beings to nature: Australian arrarnta religion .............45 Neopaganism in America : How witchcraft matters today ......60 Religion and the discovery of Self:Howard Thurman and the Tributaries of the Deep River ..............84 2. Religion in the political Realm Religion and political economy..........99 We prayed they woud win :How Christians Become political Activists................117 Jihad: The struggle for Islam ................130 3. On living justly with others: Gender, Family, and the Ethic of Care Religion and gender .............149 Protestatism and the European-American Family ........166 Religion and ethics ..........186 Religion and Medicine .............198 4. Religion and the Imagination Religion and sacred Space ............213 Religion and literature .............227 5. Religion and death Buddhist approaches to death ..............243