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Religion beyond its private role in modern society /

Religion beyond its private role in modern society / edited by Wim Hofstee, Arie van der Kooij. - Leiden : BRILL, 2013. - 1 online resource (vi, 284 pages) - International studies in religion and society ; v. 20 . - International studies in religion and society ; 20. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; General Issues; Religion and Politics in Post-Secular Society: Beyond the Public/Private Divide; New Forms of Public Religion: Spirituality in Global Civil Society; Institutional Religion; Particularity and Contextuality Interrupting the Public / Private Debate Concerning Religion; Going Public: Minority Muslim Communities and Public Space in Syria (Prior to the Revolt). Apostasy in Islam: Public or Private? Classical and Contemporary Discussions of Muslim Scholars and their Relevance for Muslims in the WestJews and the Social Contract; Religion in Greek Society State, Public or Private?; Private Belief, Public Avowal: Religious Liberals and the Ethics of Sincerity; Non-Institutional Religion; Relocating the Public and Reforming the Private: Tourism and the Survival of an Ancestor Cult in the Mexican Town of Mitla, Oaxaca; Public Individualism in Contemporary Dutch Shamanism. Some Thoughts on Privatisation and De-institutionalisation: Religion in the Public SphereReligion in Liquid Modernity: Collective Manifestations of Religion in Secularizing Dutch Society; Index.

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.

9789004257856 9004257853 1299975801 9781299975804

528831 MIL


Freedom of religion.
Religion and sociology.
Liberté religieuse.
Sociologie religieuse.
sociology of religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Freedom of religion
Religion and sociology
Gesellschaft
Privatheit
Religion
Staat
Öffentlichkeit

BL65.L52 / R453 2013

201/.7