Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society.

Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society.

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...

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Main Author: Hofstee, Wim.

Other Authors: Kooij, A. van der.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2013.

Series: International Studies in Religion and Society 20.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

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Freedom of religion.
Religion and sociology.

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Call Number: BL65.L52 R453 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Wim Hofstee and Arie van der Kooij
  • Introduction /
  • Wim Hofstee and Arie van der Kooij
  • Religion and Politics in Post-Secular Society: Beyond the Public / Private Divide /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne
  • New Forms of Public Religion: Spirituality in Global Civil Society /
  • Linda Woodhead
  • Particularity and Contextuality Interrupting the Public / Private Debate Concerning Religion /
  • Niek Brunsveld
  • Going Public: Minority Muslim Communities and Public Space in Syria (Prior to the Revolt) /
  • Dick Douwes
  • Apostasy in Islam: Public or Private? Classical and Contemporary Discussions of Muslim Scholars and their Relevance for Muslims in the West /
  • Mohammed Ghaly
  • Light from the East (1948-1954) and the De-Territorialization of the Assyrian Church in the East /
  • Heleen Murre-van den Berg
  • Jews and the Social Contract /
  • David Novak
  • Religion in Greek Society State, Public or Private? /
  • Alexandros Sakellariou
  • Early Christian Eschatology as a Model for the Modern Practice of Interfaith Dialogue-An Eschatological Model /
  • Matthew Aaron Tennant
  • "Be a Jew at Home as Well as in the Street": Religious Worldviews in a Liberal Democracy /
  • Bruno Verbeek
  • Private Belief, Public Avowal: Religious Liberals and the Ethics of Sincerity /
  • Ernestine G.E. van der Wall
  • Relocating the Public and Reforming the Private: Tourism and the Survival of an Ancestor Cult in the Mexican Town of Mitla, Oaxaca /
  • William R. Arfman
  • "A World Awaits": The Meaning of Mediatized Paganism in Online Computer Games /
  • Stef Aupers
  • Public Individualism in Contemporary Dutch Shamanism /
  • Jeroen W. Boekhoven
  • Some Thoughts on Privatisation and De-Institutionalisation: Religion in the Public Sphere /
  • Meerten B. ter Borg
  • Religion in Liquid Modernity: Collective Manifestations of Religion in Secularizing Dutch Society /
  • Kees de Grootl
  • Index /
  • Wim Hofstee and Arie van der Kooij.