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Religion and secularity : transformations and transfers of religious discourses in Europe and Asia /
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Religion and Secularity traces the history of the conceptual binary of religion and secularity in Europe and the repercussions it had in other regions and cultures of the Eurasian continent during the age of imperialism and beyond. Twelve authors from a wide range of disciplines, deal in their contributions with the trajectory, the concepts of "religion" and "secularity/secularization" took, as well as with the corresponding re-configurations of the religious field in a variety of cultures in Europe, the Near and Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. Taken together, these in-depth studies provide a broad comparative perspective on a penomenon that has been crucial for the development of globalized modernity and its regional interpretations.
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1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) :
9789004251335 :
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Christianity and Sexuality in a Secular Age /
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From the mid-twentieth century controversies within Christianity addressed matters of sexual diversity - same-sex marriage, sexual rights, and the place of sexual minorities within the churches. Several decades further on this volume reflects on principal developments, exposing from a sociological perspective that these issues are largely the product of rationality, individuality, community decline, state initiatives and other features of a profoundly secular age where Christianity has lost its cultural grip. This volume considers contestations through scrutinising changing theologies and expressions of liberal-conservative Christian divides by examining LGBT+ politics and churches and campaigning groups in their responses to profound social change.
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1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004748149
Secularism and the Hindi Film : A New Box-Office History of Bollywood /
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A panoramic history of one of India's greatest pastimes, Bollywood, through the lens of that nation's distinct brand of secularism. Nayar provides readers an accessible overview of the vast, fluid complex that is Bollywood, including the offscreen politics often driving that complex, by chronicling how religious pluralism has been cinematically conceived, negotiated, played into, and politicized. From the silent films of the colonial period to the slick blockbusters in the era of globalization and Hindutva, Nayar exposes the strategies that have gone into reflecting India's unity in diversity and the threats recurrently embattling that constitutionally enshrined principle. If cinema is the barometer of popular attitudes in India, what better to measure the public's commitment to its characteristic brand of secularism? In this way, the book offers no less a compelling box-office history of Bollywood than a history of modern India through its films.
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1 online resource (550 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004744738
Religion in secular education : what, in heaven's name, are we teaching our children? /
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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 comprehensive, at times confronting, analysis of the ideologies, policies, pedagogies, and practices for state-school religion. In the context of rising demands for students to develop intercultural competence and interreligious literacy, and alongside increasing Christian evangelism in the public arena, this book highlights risks and implications as education develops religious identity - in individual children and in nation states. Byrne proposes a best practice framework for nations attempting to navigate towards socially inclusive outcomes and critical thinking in religions education policy.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004264342
Secular grace /
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In Secular Grace Dana Freibach-Heifetz addresses the crisis of modernity, proposing an ethic of love based on a new philosophical concept of "secular grace\' as intersubjective relations. Anchored in secular humanism as well as within the existentialist tradition, yet recognizing their limitations, Secular Grace seeks to protrude them by means of dialogue with their other: Christianity. Inspired by a variety of intellectual roots from ancient Greece to post modernist thinkers - chiefly the deliberations of Buber and Levinas in the encounter with the other, and notions of gift and friendship - it offers a rich concept of Secular Grace . It furthermore examines the possibilities of grace towards the dead, self-grace and secular salvation.
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9789004339842 :
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Unorganized Religion: Pentecostalism and Secularization in Denmark, 1907-1924 /
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Two phenomena profoundly changed the shape of Christendom in the twentieth century: the rise of secularism in Europe, and the rise of Pentecostalism elsewhere. This book investigates the impact of an emerging secular culture on the early Pentecostal movement, using previously unpublished data to build its case study on Denmark. The first Pentecostals were idealists who sought to influence the existing churches from within, but eventually this approach gave way to the more successful strategy of forming separate Pentecostal churches. The insights found herein apply to all religious minorities who seek to adapt to an inhospitable context.
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9789004509894
Religious discourse in modern Japan : religion, state, and Shinto /
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Religious Discourse in Modern Japan explores the introduction of the Western concept of "religion" to Japan in the modern era, and the emergence of discourse on Shinto, philosophy, and Buddhism. Taking Anesaki's founding of religious studies ( shukyogaku ) at Tokyo Imperial University as a pivot, Isomae examines the evolution of this academic discipline in the changing context of social conditions from the Meiji era through the present. Special attention is given to the development of Shinto studies/history of Shinto, and the problems of State Shinto and the emperor system are described in relation to the nature of the concept of religion. Isomae also explains how the discourse of religious studies developed in connection with secular discourses on literature and history, including Marxism.
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9789004272682 :
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Religious identity and national heritage : empirical-theological perspectives /
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In some parts of our world, religion is on the wane, losing its thrust of doctrinal authority and communal bonds. In other regions, it is gaining public significance as a powerful social, cultural and political force. Secularization theories are less successful in accounting for these differences in religion's role. Other theories describe religion in terms of social capital to be invested whenever it offers certain personal, social or political benefits and market opportunities allow smart choices. Still other theories simply hold that religion corresponds to an inborn need or stable disposition that guarantees a culture's identity and reflects a natural equilibrium of social cohesion. There are also critical theories that point to the intrinsic relationship of religion with power and identify it as a major cause of tension and conflict. In this book distinguished scholars reflect on these questions and present empirical research about religious identity and national heritage.
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1 online resource (320 pages) :
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9789004228788 :
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Secular and Islamic feminist critiques in the work of Fatima Mernissi /
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This book presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Fatima Mernissi. Mernissi is considered to be one of the major figures in Feminist thought for both Morocco and Muslim society in general. This work discusses Mernissi's intellectual trajectory from 'secular' to 'Islamic' feminism in order to trace the evolution of so-called Islamic feminist theory. The book also engages critically with the work of other Muslim feminists, using frameworks and approaches developed in the works of Muslim reformist thinkers, namely Mohammad Arkoun and Nasr Abu Zaid, with the aim of engaging the theorization of this emerging feminism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-285) and index. :
9789047429609 :
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A Church for a Secular World : The Development of Klaas Schilder's Ecclesiology /
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The relationship between the Church and the world has been a subject of debate since the Church's earliest days. Stanley Hauerwas, with his emphasis on the Church as polis, has made a significant contemporary contribution-one that has also faced strong criticism. This study examines the distinctive insights of second-generation neo-Calvinist theologian Klaas Schilder (1890-1952) on this issue. Neo-Calvinism is renowned for its development of Reformed theology, particularly in this area, and Schilder builds on this tradition with a critical eye. Engaging with the increasing secularity of the twentieth century, he carefully interacts with Karl Barth's writings while refining his own perspective. In doing so, Schilder's position comes close to the Anabaptist stance of Hauerwas, yet remains firmly rooted in the Reformed understanding of creation.
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1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004739741
Reimaging Zen in a Secular Age : Charles Taylor and Zen Buddhism in the West /
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In Reimagining Zen in a Secular Age André van der Braak offers an account of the exciting but also problematic encounter between enchanted Japanese Zen Buddhism and secular Western modernity over the past century, using Charles Taylor's magnum opus A Secular Age as an interpretative lens. As the tenuous compromises of various forms of "Zen modernism" are breaking down today, new imaginings of Zen are urgently needed that go beyond both a Romantic mystical Zen and a secular "mindfulness" Zen. As a Zen scholar-practitioner, André van der Braak shows that the Zen philosophy of the 13th century Zen master Dōgen offers much resources for new hermeneutical, embodied, non-instrumental and communal approaches to contemporary Zen theory and practice in the West.
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The secular religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff : an intellectual history of anti-intellectualism in modern America /
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In The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff: An Intellectual History of Anti-intellectualism in Modern America , Dave Vliegenthart offers an account of the life and teachings of the modern American mystic Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), who combined secular and religious sources from eastern and western traditions in order to elaborate and legitimate his metaphysical claim to the realization of a transcendental reality beyond reason. Using Merrell-Wolff as a typical example of a modern western guru, Vliegenthart investigates the larger sociological and historical context of the ongoing grand narrative that asserts a widespread anti-intellectualism in modern American culture, exploring developments in religious, philosophical, and psychological discourses in North America from 1800 until the present.
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1 online resource (viii, 378 pages) :
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9789004361256 :
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Jewish Religious Life in Lithuania in the 18th-20th Centuries /
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This volume attempts to address the complicated issue of distinctive characteristics of Jewish religious life in Lithuania. Its authors and editors deal with the range of religious expressions, with the religious life of different sectors of the Jewish community of Lithuania and with the dynamics of change in religious life in Lithuania over time. In this volume, Lithuania is more a historical and social concept than a geographical territory with clearly delineated borders and political identity. The authors deliberate how "Lithuanian" are the religious phenomena they discuss and what the historical agents understood as Lithuania in their given period, area, and historical circumstances.
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1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004735415
Countering the Global : Anti-Global Religion, Global Dissent and Multiple Globalisms /
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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 Norway? In this book, you will find new data and new insights, providing explanations for these and other questions. Fascinating case studies from Europe and China are the basis for analyses on how global interconnectedness sparks both unity and conflict within religious spheres, demonstrating the interplay of local and global influences as well as the dynamics of glocalization. Contributors are: Milda Ališauskienė, Peter B. Andersen, Eileen Barker, Peter Beyer, Irena Borowik, Lisbet Christoffersen, Inger Furseth, Peter Gundelach, Annika Hvithamar, Massimo Introvigne, Hans Raun Iversen, Brian Arly Jacobsen, Niels Kærgaard, Pål Repstad, and Morten Warmind. Brill publications by Margit Warburg Books Citizens of the World. A History and Sociology of the Baha'is from a Globalisation Perspective (2006). ISBN 978 90 04 14373 9 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 40746 1 (E-Book). Published as Volume 106 in Numen Book Series Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009) (Edited with Annika Hvithamar & Brian Jacobsen). ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society Book chapters & journal articles "Globalization, Migration and the Two Types of Religious Boundary: A European Perspective." In: Peter Beyer & Lori Beaman (Eds.), Religion, Globalization and Culture (2007), pp. 79-99. ISBN 978 90 04 15407 0 (Paperback) / 978 90 47 42271 6 (E-Book). Published as Volume 6 in International Studies in Religion and Society . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004154070.i-608.34 "Introducing Civil Religion, Nationalism and Globalisation." (With Annika Hvithamar) In: Annika Hvithamar, Brian Jacobsen & Margit Warburg (Eds.), Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009), pp. 1-17. ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004178281.i-310.3 "Transnational Civil Religion: The Fourth of July in Denmark." In: Annika Hvithamar, Brian Jacobsen & Margit Warburg (Eds.), Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009), pp. 271-293. ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004178281.i-310.106 "Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions." In: Anh Nga Longva & Anne Sofie Roald (Eds.), Religious Minorities in the Middle East. Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation (2012), pp. 195-218. ISBN 978 90 04 20742 4 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 29044 0 (Paperback) / 978 90 04 21684 6 (E-Book). Published as Volume 108 in Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004216846_010 "The Baha'is of the North." In: James R. Lewis & Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen (Eds.), Handbook of Nordic New Religions (2015), pp. 77-92. ISBN 978 90 04 29244 4 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 29246 8 (E-Book). Published as Volume 11 in Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004292468_006 "By Grace: Recognition of Religious Minority Associations in Denmark from the Reformation until 2018." In: Journal of Religion in Europe 12(4): 353-383 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-01204001 "Pros and Cons in Multidisciplinary Research on Religion." In: Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon & Anna-Sara Lind (Eds.), Doing Multidisciplinary Research on Religion: Methodological, Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges (2024), pp. 84-101. ISBN 978 90 04 67780 7 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 67779 1 (E-Book). Published as Volume 36 in International Studies in Religion and Society . Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004677791_008
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004719064
Becoming a Muslim in Japan : The Journey of Faith and Identity /
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What draws someone to Islam in a country where few people even know a Muslim? In Becoming a Muslim in Japan , you meet 62 Japanese converts whose journeys defy common assumptions. Their stories are not about crisis, but curiosity. They speak of unexpected encounters, moments of reflection, or quiet admiration that gradually deepened into faith. Based on immersive fieldwork and interviews, this book shows how Islam is not adapted in isolation but interwoven with Japanese values. If you are interested in religion, identity, or cultural transformation, this book offers rare access to spiritual lives shaped across boundaries - personal, cultural, and national.
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1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004754157
A history of modern Jewish religious philosophy.
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The culmination of Eliezer Schweid's life-work as a Jewish intellectual historian, this five-volume work provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the major thinkers and movements in modern Jewish thought, in the context of general philosophy and Jewish social-political historical developments, with extensive primary source excerpts. Volume Two, \'The Birth of the Jewish Historical Studies and the Modern Jewish Religious Movements,\' discusses the major Jewish thinkers of central and eastern Europe before 1881, in connection with the movements they fostered: German-Jewish Wissenschaft (Zunz), Reform (Formstecher, Samuel Hirsch, Geiger), Neo-Orthodoxy (S. D. Luzzatto, Steinheim, Samson Raphael Hirsch), Positive-Historical (Frankel, Graetz), and Neo-Haredi (Kalischer, Malbim, Hayyim Volozhiner, Salanter). In addition, extensive attention is given to the thinkers of the east-European Haskalah, both earlier (Levinsohn, Rubin, Schorr, Mieses, Abraham Krochmal) and later proto-Zionist thinkers (Zweifel, Smolenskin, Pines, Lilienblum).
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1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) :
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9789004290372 :
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Contesting religious identities : transformations, disseminations, and mediations /
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Religion is a hot topic on the public stages of 'secular' societies, not in its individualized liberal or orthodox form, but rather as a public statement, challenging the divide between the secular neutral space and the religious. In this new challenging modus, religion raises questions about identity, power, rationality, subjectivity, law and safety, but above all: religion questions, contests and even blurs the borders between the public and the private. These phenomena urge to rethink what are often considered to be clear differences between religions, between the public and the private and between the religious and the secular. In this volume scholars from a range of different disciplines map the different aspects of the dynamics of changing, contesting and contested religious identities.
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Religious stories in transformation : conflict, revision and reception /
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In Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception , the editors present a collection of essays that reveal both the many similarities and the poignant differences between ancient myths in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and modern secular culture and how these stories were incorporated and adapted over time. This rich multidisciplinary research demonstrates not only how stories in different religions and cultures are interesting in their own right, but also that the process of transformation in particular deserves scholarly interest. It is through the changes in the stories that the particular identity of each religion comes to the fore most strikingly.
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9789004334816 :
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Religious transformation in modern Asia : a transnational movement /
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This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the religious climate was also altered from a transnational perspective. Part One explores the nationals of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, focusing on the manifestations of Japanese religion, Chinese foreign policy, the British educational system in Hong Kong in relation to Tibetan Buddhism, the Korean women of Catholicism, and the Scottish impact in late nineteenth century Korea. Part Two approaches South Asia through the topics of astrology, the works of a Gujarātī saint, and Himalayan Buddhism. The third part is focused on the conflicts between 'indigenous religions and colonialism,' 'Buddhism and Christianity,' 'Islam and imperialism,' and 'Hinduism and Christianity' in Southeast Asia.
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 304 pages) : color illustrations, color map. :
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9789004289710 :
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