1. Australia: Religion and ethnic identity / Frank W. Lewins -- 2. Canada: Witnessing as identity consolidation: the case of the Lubavitcher Chassidim / William Shaffir -- 3. England: Paradigm shifts and identity theory: Alternation as a form of identity management / R. Kenneth Jones -- 4. West Germany: Identity and commitment / Bert L. Hardin and Guenter Kehrer -- 5. Ghana: Crisis, identity, and integration in African religion / Max Assimeng -- 6. India: Identity-theory against the backdrop of the Hindu concept of Dharma: a socio-philosophical interpretation / S. Gopalan -- 7. Ways of yoga and the mechanisms of sacralization / Manju and Braj Sinha -- 8. Indonesia: Identity maintenance and identity crisis in Minangkabau / Taufik Abdullah -- 9. Netherlands: Identity and pluralism: a case-study / Jan M.G. Thurlings -- 10. New Zealand: Maori identity and religion / Hans Mol -- 11. South Africa: The Afrikaner civil religion / T. Dunbar Moodie -- 12. USA: Identity and social commitment / David F. Gordon