This book explores what becomes of faiths when seen as social capital. In the grip of the current debt crisis, where the social and capital seem increasingly un
This volume includes a wide range of papers that explore individual and institutional aspects of religion from a social-science perspective. The special section
Society Shaped by Theology explores the possibility that theological concepts may sometimes still be influential in the modern world. It follows in the traditio
Over the last thirty years a number of theologians have been using aspects of sociology alongside the more traditional resources of philosophy. In turn, sociolo
This book explores the contributions that research, with refugees and with faith-based organizations for example, makes to strengthen community development and