Multireligious Society

Author : Francisco Colom Gonzalez,Gianni D'Amato
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315407579

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Multireligious Society by Francisco Colom Gonzalez,Gianni D'Amato Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Reframing the narratives of secularism -- 1 Secularization and beyond -- 2 Norms, stories, and ideologies: What we talk about when we talk about political secularism -- Part II The governance of religion: General perspectives and case studies -- 3 European principles and Canadian practices: Developing secular contexts for religious diversity -- 4 Political instability and the persistence of religion in Greece: The policy implications of the cultural defence paradigm -- 5 Political Catholicism and the secular state: A Spanish predicament -- 6 Religious governance in the Netherlands: Associative freedoms and non-discrimination after pillarization. The example of faith-based schools -- 7 From law to narratives: Unveiling contemporary French secularism -- Part III A changing institutional framework -- 8 Choice or identity? Dilemmas of protecting religious freedom in Canada -- 9 Dilemmas of institutionalisation and political participation of organised religions in Europe: Associational governance as a promising alternative -- Part IV Accommodation practices -- 10 Islamophobia in Canada? Women's rights, modernity, secularism -- 11 Translocal, faith-based dispute management: Moroccan-Canadian struggles with normative plurality -- 12 Multi-belief/Multi-faith spaces: Theoretical proposals for a neutral and operational design -- 13 The accommodation of religious diversity in prisons and hospitals in Spain -- 14 The legal self-regulation of religious groups: Tackling the normative and practical challenges of legal pluralism -- Contributors -- Index

Author : Stephen Prothero
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807876671

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A Nation of Religions by Stephen Prothero Pdf

The United States has long been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four recently arrived religious communities--Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs--are shaping and, in turn, shaped by American values. For a generation, scholars have been documenting how the landmark legislation that loosened immigration restrictions in 1965 catalyzed the development of the United States as "a nation of Buddhists, Confucianists, and Taoists, as well as Christians," as Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark put it. The contributors to this volume take U.S. religious diversity not as a proposition to be proved but as the truism it has become. Essays address not whether the United States is a Christian or a multireligious nation--clearly, it is both--but how religious diversity is changing the public values, rites, and institutions of the nation and how those values, rites, and institutions are affecting religions centuries old yet relatively new in America. This conversation makes an important contribution to the intensifying public debate about the appropriate role of religion in American politics and society. Contributors: Ihsan Bagby, University of Kentucky Courtney Bender, Columbia University Stephen Dawson, Forest, Virginia David Franz, University of Virginia Hien Duc Do, San Jose State University James Davison Hunter, University of Virginia Prema A. Kurien, Syracuse University Gurinder Singh Mann, University of California, Santa Barbara Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida Stephen Prothero, Boston University Omid Safi, Colgate University Jennifer Snow, Pasadena, California Robert A. F. Thurman, Columbia University R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago Duncan Ryuken Williams, University of California, Berkeley

Author : Anne-Marie Ellithorpe,Laura Duhan-Kaplan,Hussam S. Timani
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666917369

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Multireligious Reflections on Friendship by Anne-Marie Ellithorpe,Laura Duhan-Kaplan,Hussam S. Timani Pdf

Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and ethical formation through friendship. Contributors discuss the positive effects of friendship and some of the culturally diverse ways that friendships develop. Friends help us co-exist in diverse societies, live sustainably in our ecosystems, heal from trauma, develop inner virtues, engage wisely in social action, and connect with the divine. While friendship is a core human value, cultural traditions have used different tools to build friendships. For example, Indigenous communities emphasize reciprocity on the land; Jewish traditions encourage respect for study partners; Buddhist teachers suggest discernment in befriending; Christian texts speak of bringing God’s love into community. The fifteen scholars contributing to this book draw on the teachings of six different global traditions: Indigenous, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian. Each scholar applies the tools of their tradition—reciprocity, respect, discernment, love, and more—to discuss how we might become our best selves in community.

Author : Shyama Charan Dube
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Secularism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Secularization in Multi-religious Societies Indo-soviet Perspectives by Shyama Charan Dube Pdf

Author : Christian von Scheve,Anna Lea Berg,Meike Haken,Nur Yasemin Ural
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351133258

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Affect and Emotion in Multi-Religious Secular Societies by Christian von Scheve,Anna Lea Berg,Meike Haken,Nur Yasemin Ural Pdf

Emotions have moved center stage in many contemporary debates over religious diversity and multicultural recognition. As in other contested fields, emotions are often one-sidedly discussed as quintessentially subjective and individual phenomena, neglecting their social and cultural constitution. Moreover, emotionality in these debates is frequently attributed to the religious subject alone, disregarding the affective anatomy of the secular. This volume addresses these shortcomings, bringing into conversation a variety of disciplinary perspectives on religious and secular affect and emotion. The volume emphasizes two analytical perspectives: on the one hand, chapters take an immanent perspective, focusing on subjective feelings and emotions in relation to the religious and the secular. On the other hand, chapters take a relational perspective, looking at the role of affect and emotion in how the religious and the secular constitute one another. These perspectives cut across the three main parts of the volume: the first one addressing historical intertwinements of religion and emotion, the second part emphasizing affects, emotions, and religiosity, and the third part looking at specific sensibilities of the secular. The thirteen chapters provide a well-balanced composition of theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches to these areas of inquiry, discussing both historical and contemporary cases.

Author : Viggo Mortensen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802826741

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Theology and the Religions by Viggo Mortensen Pdf

The academic study of religion is undergoing great changes in response to globalization. Just as sociologists now find it necessary to think in terms of "multiculturalism," so religion scholars and theologians today must work in the context of "multireligiosity." Globalization is leading not only to multiethnic societies but also to plurality in religions and worldviews. Theology and the Religions: A Dialogue offers the first sustained analysis of the trend toward multireligiosity and its implications for the study of religion. Drawing on the resources of cultural analysis, religious studies, and theology, an international slate of scholars explores the relation of multiculturality and multireligiosity, the need for interreligious dialogue, and the possibilities for a "theology of religions." This groundbreaking work is supported by case studies of various religious traditions in diverse cultures from around the world. Special attention is paid to Christian theological reflection, however, since, as a global religion, Christianity is particularly challenged by multireligiosity. Offering an engaging, wide-angle view of religion worldwide, Theology and the Religions makes a vital contribution to our understanding of the forces shaping the future of religious and social life. Contributors: Kajsa Ahlstrand Theodor Ahrens Jan-Martin Berentsen Ulrich Dehn Helene Egnell Marianne C. Qvortrup Fibiger Patrik Friedlund Virginia Garrard-Burnett Geomon K. George Elisabeth Gerle Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Hans Hauge Ulf Hedetoft S. Mark Heim Chris Hewer Klaus Hock Michael Ipgrave Andrew J. Kirk Lene Kühle Volker Küster Aasulv Lande Oddbjorn Leirvik Ole Skjerbæk Madsen Hiromasa Mase Mogens S. Mogensen Viggo Mortensen Johannes Nissen Klaus Nürnberger Caleb Oladipo Tinu Ruparell Risto Saarinen Lamin Sanneh Olaf Schumann Notto R. Thelle Joachim Track Vítor Westhelle H. S. Wilson

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004325807

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Contested Spaces, Common Ground by Anonim Pdf

Space is contested in contemporary multireligious societies. This volume looks at space as a critical theory and epistemological tool within cultural studies that fosters the analysis of power structures and the deconstruction of representations of identities within our societies that are shaped by power.

Author : Edward J. Brady,Cirino Hiteng Ofuho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa, Eastern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111625856

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Building a Multi-religious Society in the Context of Islamic Fundamentalism by Edward J. Brady,Cirino Hiteng Ofuho Pdf

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498239745

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Teaching for a Multifaith World by Eleazar S. Fernandez Pdf

When religious diversity is our reality, radical hospitality to people of other faiths is not a luxury but a necessity. More than necessary for our survival, radical hospitality to religious diversity is necessary if we are to thrive as a global society. By no means does the practice of hospitality in a multifaith world require that we be oblivious of our differences. On the contrary, it demands a respectful embrace of our differences because that's who we are. Neither does radical hospitality require that we water down our commitment, because faithfulness and openness are not contradictory. We must be able to say with burning passion that we are open to the claims of other faiths because we are faithful to our religious heritage. The essays in this book do not offer simply theological exhortations; they offer specific ways of how we can become religiously competent citizens in a multifaith world. Let's take the bold steps of radical openness with this book on our side!

Author : Syed Mohammed Ad’ha Aljunied
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000227994

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Securitising Singapore by Syed Mohammed Ad’ha Aljunied Pdf

Aljunied examines how the Singaporean government developed a comprehensive state–society strategic relationship by ‘securitising’ vital policy areas because of Singapore’s vulnerability as a global city state. In the twenty-first century, the Singaporean government has strategically renewed an existing form of authoritarian rule by ‘militarising’ national security governance. The main objective is to widen and deepen state power. Senior military-trained civilian political leaders and bureaucrats use military personnel, command and control, terminology and strategy of war to deal with non-traditional security challenges leading to the state’s further domination over civil liberty and civil society. Aljunied analyses the information and communication, health and climate–environment sectors. The case studies highlight the way the Singaporean government has used varying forms of political engagement, surveillance and legislation to limit civil liberty and inhibit the development of civil society. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and students of Singapore Studies as well as for the readers of Security Studies with an interest in the global–local nexus in a small state context. It is a pioneering scholarly study on the national security framework and the use of non-traditional security discourse to strengthen state power and social stability at the expense of political liberalism.

Author : William H. Harrison
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773592025

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In Praise of Mixed Religion by William H. Harrison Pdf

When asked "What religion do you follow?" the typical answer is to name a specific group, or to respond "None." An increasing number of people, however, are intentionally combining elements from various religious heritages, demonstrating that religions do not have firm boundaries, nor are they purely distinct. In Praise of Mixed Religion discusses the concept of syncretism, the term for the mixing of religious perspectives. The religious studies discipline has traditionally distinguished between two responses to syncretism: a subjective view, which treats syncretism as morally reprehensible, and an objective view, which treats it as a morally neutral phenomenon. William Harrison adopts a third perspective, the advocacy view, which claims that mixing religions is a good and necessary process. He cites countless examples - such as Islam's transformative encounter with Greek thought - from both history and recent years to show how religious traditions have gained theological and practical wisdom by borrowing key ideas, beliefs, and practices from outside their own movements. By encouraging syncretism, In Praise of Mixed Religion contests the hard boundaries between religious worldviews and presents a dramatic alternative for thinking and talking about religion.

Author : Marco Ventura
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630875312

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From Your Gods to Our Gods by Marco Ventura Pdf

The global world debates secularism, freedom of belief, faith-based norms, the state's arbitration of religious conflicts, and the place of the sacred in the public sphere. In facing these issues, Britain, India, and South Africa stand out as unique laboratories. They have greatly influenced the rest of the world. As single countries and together as a whole, the three have moved from the colonial clash of antagonistic religions (of your gods) to an era when it has become impossible to dissociate your god from my god. Today both belong to the same blurred reality of our gods. Through a narrative account of British, South African, and Indian court cases from 1857 to 2009, the author draws an unconventional history of the process leading from the encounter with the gods of the other to the forging of a postmodern, common, and global religion. Across ages, borders, faiths, and laws, the three countries have experienced the ambivalent interaction of society, politics, and beliefs. Hence the lesson the world might learn from them: our gods promise an idealized purity, but they can only become real in the everyday creation of mixed identities, hybrid deities, and shared fears and hopes.

Author : Jerald D. Gort,Henry Jansen,H. M. Vroom
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789042022317

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Probing the Depths of Evil and Good by Jerald D. Gort,Henry Jansen,H. M. Vroom Pdf

In the few years since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, evil has become a central theme in the media and human consciousness: the evil of terrorism, the evil of secular culture, concern for poverty, and climate change... Yet different cultures and religious traditions have different ideas of what evil is and what its root causes are. Although there is no massive clash of cultures, many disagreements and also conflicts in the world arise from the deep differences in views of evil. This volume explores religious views of evil. Scholars from different religions and from various parts of the world describe how people probe the depths of evil--and by necessity that of good--from their own background in various worldviews. In their explorations, almost all address the need to go beyond morality, and beyond legalistic definitions of evil and of good. They point to the radical depths of evil in the world and in human society and reinforce our intuition that there is no easy solution. But if we can gain a better understanding of what people from other worldview traditions and cultures consider evil, we are that much closer to a more peaceful world.

Author : Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera,Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781794751521

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EDUCATION FOR WORLD PEACE Issues, Challenges and New Directions by Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera,Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi Pdf

Author : Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780739167373

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Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab by Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa Pdf

Civil Society in Malerkotla, Pubjab: Fostering Resilience through Religion by Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa explores the direct role that religion plays in conflict and peace that has often been difficult to isolate. Randhawa extends previous work on peace and conflict resolution by looking at the town of Malerkotla, Punjab which has witnessed many outbreaks of violence in the past but still holds peace as the norm. As a case study, this book uncovers how religious associations, expressions and activities have helped to build social capital and stabilize peace.