wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were … the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000, household assets were also high in Japan, as a result of which … household net worth and financial health in Japan were among the highest in the G7 countries. Turning to long-term trends in …

Much is known historically about the formal place for religion and spirituality in various countries. Less is known … sociologically about the actual ways religion and spirituality are present in public institutions or about the conceptual and … methodological assumptions that underlie how scholars approach the study of religion within public institutions. We conceive of …

Each of the essays presented enters the conversation about religion in public institutions through a different analytic … consider: the centrality of religion to the organizational identity or to organizational goal achievement, the effect of a … specific aspect of the institution's organizational structure on religion, and the relevance of larger cross …

Catholics, Protestants and non-believers, those of Eastern Orthodox religion have less social capital and prefer old ideas and …

through the way they regulate religion. European democracies are far from secular, and matters of religious regulation cannot … be reduced to abstract values or constitutional clauses. Under conditions of high state support of religion … democratic challenges in Europe, the quality of modern immigration societies, and the role of religion in democracy more …