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This book addresses a variety of current religious issues, analyzing religion's role in the rise of fundamentalism, censorship, human rights, environmentalism and sustainability, sexuality, bioethics, and other areas.

The Dictionary of Christian Spirituality reflects an overarching interpretive framework for evangelical spiritual formation: a holistic and grace-filled spirituality that encompasses relational (connecting), transformational (becoming), and vocational (doing) dynamics.

The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States outlines the myriad roles Christianity has played and continues to play.

A multidisciplinary examination of religion in American life.

Entries refer to links between spiritual and religious development and the contributions that they make to positive personal and social development in youth.

Includes a variety of essays related to nonprofit and other philanthropic organizations. Topics covered range from history, areas of interest, leadership, ethics & social responsibility, and more.

The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day.

This work explores the contexts in which religious leaders move, leadership in communities of faith, leadership as taught in theological education and training, religious leadership impacting social change and social justice

This one-volume reference book dramatically illustrates how worship can reflect changing times and yet remain a constant occasion for encounter with the living God.

Provides an intellectually rigorous collection of psychological interpretations of the stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world's religious traditions. Entries include: Adoption, Poverty, Twelve Steps, Violence

The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area of scholarship and practice.