Religion in times of crisis
Being Recognizable in Order to Overcome the Crisis: The Ambivalence of Islamic Actors' Struggle for Visibility in France and Switzerland (Monnot and Piettre)From Haskalah to Reinterpretation of Tradition: A Crisis in American Reform Judaism in the 21st Century (Topić); Contributors; Religion an...
| Résumé: | Being Recognizable in Order to Overcome the Crisis: The Ambivalence of Islamic Actors' Struggle for Visibility in France and Switzerland (Monnot and Piettre)From Haskalah to Reinterpretation of Tradition: A Crisis in American Reform Judaism in the 21st Century (Topić); Contributors; Religion and the Social Order. Part 2. Religion, Crisis and the Nation-StateReligion in Times of Crisis in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Churches in Manicaland and Its Theodicy of Liberation (Tarusarira); Religion, Homosexuality, and Contested Social Orders in the Netherlands, the Western Balkans, and Sweden (van den Berg, Bos, Derks, Ganzevoort, Jovanović, Korte, and Sremac); Parliamentary Hereticization of the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan: The Modern World Implicated in Islamic Crises (Qadir). Preface. Of Crises and Challenges (William H. Swatos, Jr.); Introduction. Religion in Times of Crisis (Ganiel, Winkel and Monnot); Part 1. Religion and the Crisis of Modernity; Music, Branding and the Hegemonic Prosumption of Values of an Evangelical Growth Church (Wagner); Religion as a Response to the Crisis of Modernity: Perspectives of Immigrants in Ireland (Kmec); The Electronic Frontier of Catholicism in Poland: An Answer to the Crisis of Religious Community? (Kołodziejska); "I Doubt. Therefore, I Believe": Facing Uncertainty and Belief in the Making (Lamine). This book explores the role of religion in times of personal, political, and social crisis in Europe and beyond. Its fresh perspectives on religion, modernity and the nation-state demonstrate the complexity and ambivalence of religion's role in the contemporary world |
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| Description: | Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record |
| ISBN: | 1306976952 |