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Religion, Globalization, and Culture
Av Peter Beyer, Lori G. Beaman
Häftad, 2007
2731 kr
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This volume brings together over 25 articles by many of the most important authors who have worked on issues directly related to the theme of religion and globalization. An additional emphasis on culture flags the inclusion of the relation of religion to its wider social context and also permits …
Christianity and Resistance in the 20th Century
From Kaj Munk and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Desmond Tutu
Inbunden, 2008
2260 kr
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How is the Christian supposed to act when his or her government misbehaves? Should one suffer and obey the authority, or should one render resistance; and if so, should it be passive or active; and if active, should it be violent or not? This book will not provide the answer to this question, but …
Pieties and Gender
Av Hilda Rømer Christensen, Lene Sjorup
Inbunden, 2009
2260 kr
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Taking up the challenge of Saba Mahmood to feminist studies in religion, that there is a liberalist understanding of agency and a tendency to mix the feminist political project with the analytical, the authors of this anthology discuss the relations between pieties and politics, pieties and …
Holy Nations and Global Identities
Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation
Inbunden, 2009
2544 kr
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Along with the processes of globalisation and the end of the cold war we have seen an upsurge in religious nationalism and an increasing focus on the role of religion as a legitimising force in democratic secular states. Holy Nations & Global Identities draws on the combined theoretical and …
Medicine, Religion, and the Body
Av Elizabeth Burns Coleman, Kevin White
Inbunden, 2009
2476 kr
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This book explores the ways in which the body is sacred in Western medicine, as well as how this idea is played out in questions of life and death, of the autopsy and of the meanings attributed to illnesses and disease. Ritual and religious modifications to, and limitations on what may be done to …
Religions of Modernity
Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital
Inbunden, 2010
2596 kr
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Religions of Modernity' challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that, once unleashed, the modern forces of individualism, science and technology inevitably erode the sacred and evoke the profane. The book’s chapters, some by established scholars, others by junior researchers, document instead in …
Christianity, Conflict, and Renewal in Australia and the Pacific
Inbunden, 2016
2348 kr
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Cultural expressions of Christianity show great diversity around the globe. While scholarship has tended to consider charismatic practices in distinct geographical contexts, this volume advances the anthropology of Christianity through ethnographically rich, comparative insights from across the …
Diaspora of Brazilian Religions
Inbunden, 2013
3209 kr
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The Diaspora of Brazilian Religions explores the global spread of religions originating in Brazil, a country that has emerged as a major pole of religious innovation and production. Through ethnographically-rich case studies throughout the world, ranging from the Americas (Canada, the U.S., Peru, …
Religion on the Move!
New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World
Inbunden, 2012
3417 kr
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How do religions spread in today’s world, where Christian missions have lost influence and modern nations have replaced colonial empires? Religion on the Move! is a collection of essays charting new religious expansions. Contemporary evangelists may be Nigerian, Korean, Brazilian or Congolese, …
Religion, Migration, Settlement
Reflections on Post-1990 Immigration to Finland
Inbunden, 2013
2114 kr
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In Religion, Migration, Settlement, Tuomas Martikainen provides an account of the impact of immigration on the field of religion in Finland since the 1990s. As a historical country of emigration that has turned into one of immigration, Finland provides an illuminating case study of the complexities …
Topographies of Faith
Religion in Urban Spaces
Inbunden, 2013
2374 kr
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Based on ethnographic explorations in cities across the globe, Topographies of Faith offers a unique and compelling analysis of contemporary religious dynamics in metropolitan centers. While most scholarship on religion still sidelines questions of spatiality and scale, this book creatively draws …
Sites and Politics of Religious Diversity in Southern Europe
The Best of All Gods
Inbunden, 2013
3052 kr
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In recent years, the Southern borders of Europe have become landmarks for the mediatic and academic verve regarding the migration and diasporas towards and beyond ‘Schengen Europe’. In these debates, religion is acknowledged as playing a central role in the recognition of major societal changes in …
Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society
Inbunden, 2013
2518 kr
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The volume Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society aims at contributing to the debate on the distinction between public and private spheres with regard to the role of religion in modern societies. This issue which is inherent to many conceptions regarding social order, modernity, freedom …
Religion in Secular Education
What, in Heaven’s Name, are we Teaching our Children?
Av Cathy Byrne
Inbunden, 2014
2531 kr
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Cathy Byrne presents the secular principle as a guiding compass for religion in government schools in plural democracies. Using in-depth case studies, historical and contextual research from Australia, and comparisons with other developed nations, Religion in Secular Education provides a …
Globalized Religion and Sexual Identity
Contexts, Contestations, Voices
Inbunden, 2014
2726 kr
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Globalized Religion and Sexual Identity reflects on the ways religion, gender and sexual identity are framed and regulated in multiple spheres across the globe. Controversies in the public arena regarding religion and sexual identity often construct these categories as inherently oppositional or …
Indian Diaspora
Socio-Cultural and Religious Worlds
Inbunden, 2015
2974 kr
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The chapters presented in this volume represent a wide variety of Indian diasporic experiences. From indenture labour to the present day immigrations, Indian diasporic narrative is one that offers opportunities to evaluate afresh notions of ethnicity, race, caste, gender and religious diversity. …
Issues in Religion and Education
Whose Religion?
Inbunden, 2015
3065 kr
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Issues in Religion and Education, Whose Religion? is a contribution to the dynamic and evolving global debates about the role of religion in public education. This volume provides a cross-section of the debates over religion, its role in public education and the theoretical and political conundrums …
Atheist Bus Campaign
Global Manifestations and Responses
Av Steven Tomlins, Spencer Bullivant
Inbunden, 2016
2591 kr
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The international "Atheist Bus Campaign" generated news coverage and controversy, and this volume is the first to systematically and thoroughly explore and analyze each manifestation of that campaign. It includes a chapter for each of the countries which enacted – or attempted to enact – localized …
Eastspirit: Transnational Spirituality and Religious Circulation in East and West
Av Jørn Borup, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger
Inbunden, 2017
2296 kr
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Mindfulness, yoga, Tantra, Zen, martial arts, karma, feng shui, Ayurveda. Eastern ideas and practices associated with Asian religions and spirituality have been accommodated to a global setting as both a spiritual/religious and a broader cultural phenomenon. ‘Eastern spirituality’ is present in …
Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization
Religious Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene
Inbunden, 2018
2148 kr
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In Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization, Sherrie M. Steiner offers an account of religious diplomacy with the G8, G7 and G20 to evoke new possibilities in an effort to influence globalization to become more equitable and sustainable. Commonly portrayed as ‘out of control’, globalization is …
Religion, Gender, and Family Violence
When Prayers Are Not Enough
Av Catherine Holtmann, Nancy Nason-Clark
Inbunden, 2018
2635 kr
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The chapters of Religion, Gender, and Family Violence: When Prayers Are Not Enough have been written from multiple disciplinary perspectives (sociology, religious studies, law) and based on research within diverse religious traditions including Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, as well as new …
Religious Diversity in Asia
Av Jørn Borup, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
3130 kr
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The religious landscape in Asia has long been diverse, with various forms of syncretic traditions and pragmatic practices continuously having been challenged by centrifugal forces of differentiation. This anthology explores representations and managements of religious diversity in Japan, China, …
Doing Multidisciplinary Research on Religion
Methodological, Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges
Inbunden, 2024
2048 kr
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Religion is increasingly visible in the contemporary world as a complex phenomenon – requiring multidisciplinary research to do justice to the complexity. Multidisciplinary research is however, though lauded by many, notoriously difficult to bring to fruition.This volume takes on the challenge to …
Countering the Global
Anti-Global Religion, Global Dissent and Multiple Globalisms
Inbunden, 2025
2276 kr
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Most great religious traditions are global in scope, but they are often used to promote nationalist and isolationist ideas. Why do politicians in Poland and Lithuania stress the strong bond between the Catholic Church and the national identities? And how are ethno-religious conflicts expressed in …
Continued Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization, Volume II
The G20 Interfaith Forum During Unsettled Times (2018-2023)
Inbunden, 2025
2454 kr
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If you are worried about the future of the earth and her inhabitants, then this book is for you. Authors from East and West document collaborative efforts that identify diverse faith-based ethical responses to global challenges. The history of this cosmopolitan fragile partnership with governments …
Changing Religiosities in the Nordic Countries
A Complexity Perspective
Inbunden, 2025
2221 kr
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From decades-long shifts in state–Church relations to the intimate spiritual journeys of individuals, religious change in the Nordic countries defies simple explanation. This volume advances the Complexity Frame of Reference, a new theoretical framework that enables nuanced analysis of …
Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values
A Comparative Perspective of Islamic and Non-Islamic Societies
Inbunden, 2014
2518 kr
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Does religiosity diminish democratic economic and civil tendencies? Do Islamic traditions provoke more hostility to democratic values in comparison to other religious traditions? In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values, Abbas Mehregan undertakes an empirical examination of the effects of …
