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"Chicago was a tumultuous and exciting city in 1889. Immigration, industrialization, urbanization, and politics created a vortex of social change. This lively chaos called out for both celebration and reform, and two women, Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams, responded to this challenge by founding the social settlement Hull House. Although Addams is one of the most famous women in American history and a major figure in sociology, Starr remains virtually unknown. On Art, Labor, and Religion is the first anthology of Starr's writings and biography and makes evident her contributions to national and international sociological thought and practice."--Taylor & Francis resource page, viewed June 7, 2021.

The modern Jewish quest for a homeland arose in the nineteenth century in Europe. From the beginning there was tension between a secular nationalism & a more religiously based one. Religious fundamentalism is a political factor today in Israel, as elsewhere in the Middle East. Governments in the region can best avoid their overthrow at the hands of religious fundamentalists by working together. HA

'Euro-Turks' or 'Turks in Europe' is one of the most significant issues in the contemporary academic and public agenda in Turkey. In fact, many sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, educationists and economists have produced publications on the experience of the Turks in Europe. The studies have focused on cultural identities, lifestyles, experiences, ideas, feelings, hopes and expectations of the Euro-Turks from various aspects. This book is an explanatory study which aims to discuss migration patterns, religious and identity discourses of Euro-Turks using a macro-sociological descriptive method. In this book, I have attempted to provide a comprehensive account of identity orientation, religious life and organizations of Euro-Turks.

- A partire da una rapida presentazione del modo in cui oggi si configura il fenomeno religioso, e da un'altrettanto rapida enucleazione delle 'sfide' che oggi si moltiplicano al modo tradizionalmente scientifico di studiare la religione, il saggio intende considerare i problemi, i mutamenti, le nuove prospettive che tali sfide hanno imposto e impongono non solo alle scienze delle religioni e alla teologia ma soprattutto alla filosofia della religione.