Social groups: religious groups and communities Books

3552 products


  • De Gruyter Stairway to Paradise: Jews, Blacks, and the American Music Revolution

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisStairway to Paradise reveals how American Jewish entrepreneurs, musicians, and performers influenced American popular music from the late nineteenth century till the mid-1960s. From blackface minstrelsy, ragtime, blues, jazz, and Broadway musicals, ending with folk and rock 'n' roll. The book follows the writers and artists' real and imaginative relationship with African-American culture's charisma. Stairway to Paradise discusses the artistic and occasionally ideological dialogue that these artists, writers, and entrepreneurs had with African-American artists and culture. Tracing Jewish immigration to the United States and the entry of Jews into the entertainment and cultural industry, the book allocates extensive space to the charged connection between music and politics as reflected in the Jewish-Black Alliance - both in the struggle for social justice and in the music field. It reveals Jewish success in the music industry and the unique and sometimes problematic relationships that characterized this process, as their dominance in this field became a source of blame for exploiting African-American artistic and human capital. Alongside this, the book shows how black-Jewish cooperation, and its fragile alliance, played a role in the hegemonic conflicts involving American culture during the 20th century. Unintentionally, it influenced the process of decline of the influence of the WASP elite during the 1960s. Stairway to Paradise fuses American history and musicology with cultural studies theories. This inter-disciplinary approach regarding race, class, and ethnicity offers an alternative view of more traditional notions regarding understanding American music's evolution. 

    15 in stock

    £18.50

  • De Gruyter German Jews and the Persistence of Jewish Identity in Conversion: Writing the Jewish Self

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis book explores the fraught aftermath of the German Jewish conversionary experience through the story of one family as it grapples with the meaning of its Jewish origins in a post-Holocaust, post-conversionary milieu. Utilizing archival family texts and multiple interviews spanning three generations, beginning with the author’s German Jewish parents, 1940s refugees, and engaging the insights of contemporary scholars, the book traces the impact of a contested Jewish identity on the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Jewish self. The Holocaust as post-memory and the impact of the German Jewish culture personified by the author’s parents leads to a retrieval of a lost Jewish identity, postmodern in its implications, reinforcing the concept of Judaism as ultimately a family affair. Focusing on the personal to illuminate a complex historical phenomenon, this book proposes a new cultural history that challenges conventional boundaries of what is Jewish and what is not.

    15 in stock

    £14.00

  • 15 in stock

    £21.85

  • De Gruyter China and Ashkenazic Jewry: Transcultural Encounters

    15 in stock

    Book Synopsis In the past thirty years, the Sino-Jewish encounter in modern China has increasingly garnered scholarly and popular attention. This volume will be the first to focus on the transcultural exchange between Ashkenazic Jewry and China. The essays here investigate how this exchange of texts and translations, images and ideas, has enriched both Jewish and Chinese cultures and prepared for a global, inclusive world literature.The book breaks new ground in the field, covering such new topics as the images of China in Yiddish and German Jewish letters, the intersectionality of the Jewish and Chinese literature in illuminating the implications for a truly global and inclusive world literature, the biographies of prominent figures in Chinese-Jewish connections, the Chabad engagement in contemporary China. Some of the fundamental debates in the current scholarship will also be addressed, with a special emphasis on how many Jewish refugees arrived in Shanghai and how much interaction occurred between the Jewish refugees and the resident Chinese population during the wartime and its aftermath.

    15 in stock

    £18.50

  • De Gruyter Contemporary Jewish Communities in Three European Cities: Challenges of Integration, Acculturation and Ethnic Identity

    15 in stock

    Book Synopsis Contemporary Jewish identity, integration and acculturation in Europe has become an urgent topic in view of the current wave of antisemitism and reliable research on the present state of Jewish identity is scarce. Lilach Lev Ari has chosen three ethnically diverse communities – Paris, Brussels, and Antwerp – that can shed a light on the identity and acculturation of the Jewish minority in Europe. To understand patterns of social integration of native-born and immigrant Jews in the three host societies she applies the correlational quantitative method and has conducted semi-structured interviews. The study can promote further understanding of Jewish continuity within the non-Jewish host societies in a situation, when there is a concern about the resilience and strength of the Jewish communities vis-à-vis new waves of antisemitism.

    15 in stock

    £14.00

  • Springer Deutsche Muslime – muslimische Deutsche: Begegnungen mit Konvertiten zum Islam

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisDas Buch befasst sich mit dem bislang noch weitgehend unbehandelten Gebiet der Konversion von Deutschen zum Islam und beruht auf langjährigen Feldstudien der Autorin in Deutschland. Es bietet neue Einsichten in die Zusammenhänge und Spannungen, die dieses stetig wachsende religiöse Phänomen in Deutschland und darüber hinaus hervorbringt.Von Jahr zu Jahr nimmt die Zahl der Europäer, die sich dem Islam zuwenden, zu. Die vorliegende Publikation erforscht wie insbesondere Deutsche den Islam für sich entdecken, ihre Verbundenheit zum Islam trotz der gesellschaftlich eher ablehnenden Haltung und Furcht leben, wie sie sich zu den eingewanderten Muslimen in Beziehung setzen und wie sie die Debatten um Rasse, Religion und europäischer Zugehörigkeit erleben und mitgestalten.Esra Özyürek wirft einen Blick darauf, wie die Gesellschaft konvertierte Mitbürger an den Rand drängt und deren nationale Loyalität in Frage stellt. Im Gegenzug versuchen sich die zum Islam konvertierten Deutschen von Migranten aus muslimisch geprägten Ländern abzugrenzen und einen „entnationalisierten“ Islam, frei von türkischen oder arabischen Traditionen, zu etablieren.Table of ContentsDeutscher Islam, rassifizierte Muslime .- Ein Islam mit deutschem Antlitz.- Die Distanzierung von migrantischen Muslimen.- Ostdeutsche Konversionen zum Islam nach dem Mauerfall.- Der Islam als eine Möglichkeit, Deutscher zu werden.- Salafismus – die Zukunft des europäischen Islam?.- Schlussfolgerungen.

    1 in stock

    £17.09

  • Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Die Kirche als Marke stark machen: Ein

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisDie Kirchen stecken in der Krise; die Austritte und die Ausweitung konfessionsloser Milieus nehmen weiter zu. Der Wunsch nach sozialem Halt und Orientierungen hat sich allerdings nicht vermindert. Im Gegenteil: Die Kirche steht heute im Aufmerksamkeitswettbewerb und muss ihre Form der „Überzeugungsarbeit“ neu erfinden. Vor diesem Hintergrund zeigen die Autoren, dass die Funktionsweise der Marke als „soziales Bündnissystem“ zu verstehen ist. Marke ist mehr als Logo oder Werbung, sie gruppiert Menschen um eine konkrete Leistungsidee. Die Autoren erläutern die Grundlagen und Dynamiken der markensoziologischen Markenführung und beziehen sie auf die „Marke Kirche“. Im Praxisteil erhält der Leser einen klaren Leitfaden, den sog. genetischen Code der Marke, wie man eine Gemeinde oder kirchliche Institution planvoll entwickeln und stärken kann.​Die Autoren:Prof. Dr. Oliver Errichiello und Dr. Arnd Jürgen Zschiesche sind Geschäftsführer des Büros für Markenentwicklung in Hamburg sowie Dozenten für Markensoziologie, Brandmanagement und Markenführung an den Hochschulen Luzern und Mittweida, der Universität Hamburg sowie der Europäischen Medien- und Business-Akademie (EMBA) in Hamburg.Table of ContentsWie verkauft man Kirche? und: Wie wirkt eine Marke?.- Planvolle und langfristige Stärkung einer kirchlichen Organisation.- Vertrauen als Überzeugungsstrategie.

    15 in stock

    £13.62

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Suivre la Voie de la Tijaniyya

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £14.91

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Libro Dei Personaggi E Del Comportamento

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £61.93

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Book of Acts vs. the Hebrew Bible

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £14.94

  • Alpha Edition The principles of Muhammadan jurisprudence

    15 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    15 in stock

    £30.95

  • 15 in stock

    £35.00

  • 15 in stock

    £13.00

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp A Muslim Healer for Everyone

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £15.00

  • 15 in stock

    £12.34

  • 15 in stock

    £20.54

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp De la part du lion

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £12.49

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp LOffizio del Silenzio

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £22.48

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Commentario 98 27772802 Padre Nostro Che SEI Nei Cieli

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.96

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Commentario 99 28032827 Padre Nostro Le Prime Tre Domande

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.94

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Tamil Cultural Life Model Part I

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £14.00

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Commentario 100 28282865 Padre Nostro Le Ultime 4 Domande

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.95

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Tamil Cultural Life Model Part II

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.99

  • Independently Published Faith Beyond Blood

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.98

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp LÉquation Brisée

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.55

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche La Vita E Cosi Difficile

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.95

  • 15 in stock

    £10.16

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Mind Trained to Deceive Itself

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £18.55

  • Independently Published Build Dont Beg

    £11.12

  • Independently Published Zoroastrisme Oorsprong leer en religieuze praktijk

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £12.74

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Non Riesco a Pregare Bene

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.92

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Esiste La Morte Oltre Il Velo

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.92

  • Independently Published Zoroastrismo Origen doctrina y práctica religiosa

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.10

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche La Chiesa E Necessaria Il Corpo Di Cristo Nel Mondo

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.84

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Esistono I Sacramenti

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.87

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Ghetti sovranità ragion di Stato

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £12.40

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Cuaresma Para Mamás Ocupadas

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.50

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Cado Sempre Negli Stessi Peccati

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.87

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp La gabbia della sicurezza

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £11.68

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Non Sento Dio Vicino

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.88

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche Il Mondo E Cosi Lontano Da Dio

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.87

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Es Solo El Dunya

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £17.95

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perche La Preghiera Non Ottiene Subito Cio Che Chiedo

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.85

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Die alte Geschichte der Essener

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £14.26

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Devocional Familiar De Cuaresma Y Pascua 2026

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.49

  • Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Perché Dio ci educa attraverso le prove

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £13.86

  • 15 in stock

    £13.86

  • 15 in stock

    £13.87

© 2026 Book Curl

    • American Express
    • Apple Pay
    • Diners Club
    • Discover
    • Google Pay
    • Maestro
    • Mastercard
    • PayPal
    • Shop Pay
    • Union Pay
    • Visa

    Login

    Forgot your password?

    Don't have an account yet?
    Create account