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Publication Date
2005
Physical Desc
xi, 392 p.
Description
The book discusses the transformative role of religion in situations of violent conflict. It considers both the constructive and destructive sides of religious belief and particularly explores ways in which religion(s) may contribute to transforming conflict into peace.
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Publication Date
2006
Physical Desc
vii, 381 p. : ill.
Description
This book brings together the varied experiences of different cultural groups in their Diaspora context and provides insight into the various issues they have to deal with. The content of the book is divided into the following broad categories: Chinese Experience; Japanese-Brazilian and Brazilian Experience; South Asian Experience; Impact of 9/11 on Muslim Religious Pluralism; and Issues of Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora. While keeping theory...
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Publication Date
2007
Physical Desc
xvii, 306 p.
Description
Discusses issues of conflict and peace, ethical questions concerning the use of advanced technology, explanations of the global religious revival, and the role of women in religious leadership, as well as questions about how to study religion.
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Publication Date
2007
Physical Desc
vii, 608 p. : ill.
Description
The topic of religion and globalization is complex, susceptible to a variety of approaches. This volume brings together over 25 articles by many of the important authors who have worked on issues directly related to the theme of religion and globalization.
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Publication Date
2009
Physical Desc
vi, 307 p. : ill.
Description
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 historical insight of historians, political scientists and social scientists on the question of nationalism and globalisation with the methodological knowledge...
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Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
xviii, 406 p.
Description
The re-emergence of the religious in secular domains has led prominent scholars such as Jrgen Habermas and Charles Taylor to speculate about a new postsecular age. The alleged shift from the secular to the postsecular is most visible in the spheres of urban public space, governance and civil society. This volume addresses contemporary relations between religion, politics and urban societies primarily from a theoretical perspective, while also paying...
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Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
xii, 273 p.
Description
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 books chapters, some by established scholars, others by junior researchers, document instead in rich empirical detail how modernity relocates the sacred to the deeper layers of the self and the domain of digital technology. Rather than destroying the...
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International studies in religion and society volume 18
International studies in religion and society volume Vol. 18
International studies in religion and society volume Vol. 18
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
xi, 159 p.
Description
In Religion, Migration, Settlement, Tuomas Martikainen provides an account of the impact of immigration on the field of religion in Finland since the 1990s.
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International studies in religion and society volume 22
International studies in religion and society volume Volume 22
International studies in religion and society volume Volume 22
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Globalized Religion and Sexual Identity: Contexts, Contestations, Voices brings together scholars from across the globe who examine the historical and contemporary framing and relationship of religion, gender and sexuality multiple sites.
