Oxford University Press

Genealogies of Conflict since c.1800Richard Reid offers an historical analysis of violent conflict in northeast Africa        through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and argues that this warfare was not        solely the product of modern political 'failure', but rather has its roots in a        network of frontier zones which are both...

Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the   Left Behind series are but the latest manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. In this groundbreaking book, Lynn Schofield Clark explores the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices. Relying...

Merging survey analyses with over 250 interviews, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of how religion shapes the sexual values and practices of American teenagers. It reveals that religion affects sexual attitudes more than it motivates sexual behavior, and that adolescent sex remains largely "e;traditional,"e; with hints of emerging...

Public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy', as their benefits might seem more generous and contributions lower than those in the private sector. This book shows that such judgments are often inaccurate, and reflects a vigorous debate amongst academics and professionals as they seek to define a new future for public retirement systems....

This provocative book explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas on the basis of common structures and functions of human thought. The first general introduction to the new "e;cognitive science of religion,"e;   Minds and Gods presents the major themes, theories, and thinkers involved in this revolutionary new approach to human...

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