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Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing It, and What Comes Next?

Ronald Inglehart

New York: Oxford University Press (2021), xii, 191 pp.

"Secularization has accelerated. From 1981 to 2007, most countries became more religious, but from 2007 to 2020, the overwhelming majority became less religious. For centuries, all major religions encouraged norms that limit women to producing as many children as possible and discourage any sexual b ... more

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The Age Gap in Religion Around the World: By Several Measures, Young Adults Tend to be Less Religious Than Their Elders

Pew Research Center (2018), 96 pp.

"Although the age gap in religious commitment is larger in some nations than in others, it occurs in many different economic and social contexts – in developing countries as well as advanced industrial economies, in Muslim-majority nations as well as predominantly Christian states, and in societie ... more

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Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion

Asbjørn Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem (eds.)

Leiden; Boston: Brill (2018), xiii, 556 pp.

"Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s). ... more

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Auf Sand gebaut: Saudi-Arabien - ein problematischer Verbündeter

Sebastian Sons

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 281 pp.

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Länderbericht Israel

Gisela Dachs (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 765 pp.

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Protecting Children from Online Sexual Exploitation: A Guide to Action for Religious Leaders and Communities

Bangkok; New York: ECPAT International; Religions for Peace (2016), 46 pp.

"It is our sincerest hope that this guide will have provided you with a greater understanding about online child sexual exploitation. We hope it has also given you a clearer realisation of the important role that you and your faith community can play in helping to prevent and end this crime. Togethe ... more

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Länderbericht China

Doris Fischer, Christoph Müller-Hofstede (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 1030 pp.

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Atlas de las creencias religiosas en la Argentina

Fortunato Mallimaci (dir.)

Buenos Aires: Biblos (2013), 265 pp.

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Israel - nah im Osten

Itay Lotem, Judith Seitz

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2013), 159 pp.

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Die Verteidigung des Menschen: Warum Gott gebraucht wird

Jan Roß

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2012), 220 pp.

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Der Nahe Osten in hundert Köpfen: Biografische Skizzen zu Zeitgeschichte und Gegenwart

Daniel Gerlach, Christian H. Meier (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 211 pp.

Malaysia: Glaube, Gesellschaft und Politik eines Schwellenlandes

Freddy Dutz (ed.)

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2011), 220 pp.

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Geschichte Australiens und Ozeaniens: Eine Einführung

Johannes H. Voigt

Köln et al.: Böhlau; UTB (2011), xiii, 231 pp.

"Das Studienbuch bietet eine kurze Geschichte zweier Kontinente, die gegensätzlicher kaum sein können: Australien und Ozeanien – kompakte Landmasse der eine, weit über den Pazifischen Ozean verstreute Inseln und Inselgruppen der andere. Es geht um soziale und politische, natürliche und kulture ... more

Länderheft Kamerun: Ganz Afrika in einem Land

Odile Jolys, Martin Keiper (Red.)

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2010), 174 pp.