The German sociologist, author of 'The Society of Fear', has visited Spain to try to explain the global rise of the far right ...

I have been studying the realm of “comic-con culture” and found that many dedicated fans describe something sacred about ...

A UB sociologist is part of an expert team that has developed a new, more flexible approach for addressing environmental change in urban areas. The paper, published in the journal Nature Cities, ...

Australian Catholic University's world-leading sociologist of religion Professor Bryan Turner has received Iran's most prestigious book award for his ...

The projects that Yellow Medicine County will see its current population of 9,088 decline by 12.4 percent to 7,958 in 2035. Rural sociologist Benjamin Winchester, with the University of Minnesota ...

Contracts and other legal devices facilitate economic exchange, but they are insufficient in themselves. They rely on a foundation of trust, which emerges from our responses to uncertainty and ...

This chapter consists of two major parts. In the first I will assess the opportunity for a major new faith to emerge at this particular place and time. The second part of the chapter will focus on ...