How do feminists in the United Kingdom view spirituality and religion? What are their
religious and spiritual attitudes, beliefs, and practices? What role do spirituality and religion …

In the last decade initiatives related to menstruation have multiplied and diversified to
include workshops on the experience of menstruation and alternative management of …

The book examines how 'spirituality'has emerged as a relatively 'silent'category with which
people often signal that they are looking for a way to navigate between the categories of the …

Holistic spirituality has often been characterized by academic literature as belonging to the
private sphere, articulated through the market and anchored in the growth of narcissistic …

The last thirty years have brought significant changes in both the practice of ritual in
everyday life and the the-ories through which scholars have understood ritual. Western …

Every year, diverse Jewish communities around the world observe Tashlich (casting off), a
customary atonement ritual performed the day after Rosh Hashanah. This performative ritual …

In this chapter, the authors rely on three different settings to propose a reflection on recently
observed challenges of a secular view of ecology as mainly a technical subject. They …

Abstract In contemporary Portugal and Greece, the number of individuals who resort to
alternative medicine continues to rise. From yoga, meditation and energy therapies to …

Contemporary spirituality tends to present itself as an alternative to the disempowering
gender models established religions offer especially to women. In this ethnographically …

In the first four centuries of Islam in Iran, mosques were arguably the only sacred places for
Iranian Muslims to pray. It was only after the invasion of the Mongolians and the resulting …