Religion And Civil Society

Author : David Herbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351905213

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Religion and Civil Society by David Herbert Pdf

This book presents the first full-length study of the relationship between religion and the controversial concept of civil society. Across the world in the last two decades of the twentieth century religions re-entered public space as influential discursive and symbolic systems apparently beyond the control of either traditional religious authorising institutions or states. This differentiation of religion from traditional institutions and entry into secular public spheres carries both dangers and possible benefits for democracy. Offering a fresh interdisciplinary approach to understanding religion in contemporary societies, this book provides an invaluable resource for students and researchers in religious studies, sociology, politics and political philosophy, theology, international relations and legal studies. Part one presents a critical introduction to the interaction between religion, modernization and postmodernization in Western and non-Western settings (America, Europe, the Middle East and India), focussing on discourses of human rights, civil society and the public sphere, and the controversial question of their cross-cultural application. Part two examines religion and civil society through case studies of Egypt, Bosnia and Muslim minorities in Britain, and compares Poland as an example of a Christian majority society that has experienced the public reassertion of religion.

Author : G. Clarke,M. Jennings,T. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230371262

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Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations by G. Clarke,M. Jennings,T. Shaw Pdf

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned development policy and practice in the North.

Author : Joep de Hart,Paul Dekker,Loek Halman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400768154

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Religion and Civil Society in Europe by Joep de Hart,Paul Dekker,Loek Halman Pdf

Religion is back again in Europe after never having been gone. It is manifest in the revival of religious institutions and traditions in former communist countries, in political controversies about the relationship between the church(es) and the state and about the freedom of religion and the freedom to criticize religion, and in public unease about religious minorities. This book is about religion and civil society in Europe. It moves from general theoretical and normative approaches of this relationship, via the examination of national patterns of religion-state relations, to in-depth analyses of the impact of religion and secularization on the values, pro-social attitudes and civic engagement of individuals. It covers Europe from the Lutheran North to the Catholic South, and from the secularized West to the Orthodox East and Islamic South-East with comparative analyses and country studies, concluding with an overall Europe-USA comparison.

Author : Tania Haddad,Elie Al Hindy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429871177

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Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World by Tania Haddad,Elie Al Hindy Pdf

This book examines the links between civil society, religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa region. The chapters in the volume explore the role of religion in shaping and changing the public sphere in regions that are developing and/or in conflict. They also discuss how these relations are reflected on civil society organizations and the role they are expected to play in transitional periods. This volume: investigates the conceptual dilemmas regarding what is ‘civil society’ in the Arab world today examines the dynamic roles of civil society organizations and religion in the Middle East and North Africa explores the future of the Arab civil society post-‘Arab Spring’ events, and how the latter continues to reshape the demand for democracy in the region. A comprehensive study of how the Arab civil society has come into being and its changing roles, this eclectic work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of politics, especially political Islam, international relations, Middle East Studies, African Studies, sociology and social anthropology.

Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195188356

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Religion in Global Civil Society by Mark Juergensmeyer Pdf

The worlds religions are becoming increasingly globalized. One can no longer equate particular faiths with corresponding geographic locations. Islam is as much a south or southeast Asian religion as it is a middle eastern one. And Christianity is growing by leaps and bounds in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while it declines in Europe. In addition to these major population shifts, small communities of adherents of every religion are scattered across the globe, where they mingle with and adapt to local cultures.What are we to make of this new religious world? The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions offers a comprehensive look at world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, each by a leading scholar, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of all the major living religious traditions. It is organized into six sections: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social factsthe communitys size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schismsas well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity.The worlds religious communities are more diverse than ever before, and there is no other volume that covers the tremendous variety of faith communities discussed in this Handbook. This volume will be indispensable to anyone interested in contemporary religion.

Author : John D. Brewer,Gareth I. Higgins,Francis Teeney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199694020

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Religion, Civil Society, and Peace in Northern Ireland by John D. Brewer,Gareth I. Higgins,Francis Teeney Pdf

Religion is traditionally portrayed as nothing but trouble in Ireland, but the churches played a key role in Northern Ireland's peace process. This study challenges many existing assumptions about the peace process, drawing on four years of interviewing with those involved, including church leaders, politicians, and paramilitary members.

Author : Rupert Graf Strachwitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110641714

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Religious Communities and Civil Society in Europe by Rupert Graf Strachwitz Pdf

The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in two volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. I provides an introduction and looks at cases in Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as chapters on legal issues and data, and comprehensive bibliography.

Author : Rupert Graf Strachwitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110673081

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Religious Communities and Civil Society in Europe by Rupert Graf Strachwitz Pdf

The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in 2 volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. 2 provides some theoretical aspects, a report on the final conference, and case studies from Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the Ukraine, as well as a special chapter on Brazil and a Note on Religious Political Ideology.

Author : Helen James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134110421

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Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance by Helen James Pdf

This is one of the first books to explore the nexus between civil society, religion, and global governance, their impact on human security and well-being, and significance for current debates in international politics. The contributors examine salient aspects of the secular state whose monopoly on, and control of, institutional violence has reified its use of power to such an extent that the modernistic separation of church and state is being called into question, as institutional limits are sought to the abuse of that power. The volume is clearly divided into six key sections: human security and human rights the politics of civil religion the ethics of civil development civil society and global governance cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society international civil society. Within these sections the illuminating case studies span a wide geographical extent from Central and Eastern Europe to Egypt, to Latin America, Iran, Bangladesh, Australia, the Pacific and East and Southeast Asia. Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance will be of strong interest to students, policy makers and researchers in the fields of human rights, religion, political science and sociology.

Author : Michael Walker
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928355137

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Church and Civil Society by Michael Walker Pdf

Germany and South Africa experienced drastic social transitions with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1986 and the end of Apartheid in 1994. This book consists of a collection of essays from German and South African theologians who analyse the role that religious communities had, and are still playing within the respective civil societies. The concept and texture of civil society are analysed; case studies are presented; theological perspectives are given on the relation between church, state and civil society; and guidelines are provided for the healing role that Christian religious communities can play in Germany and South Africa. This book is mainly directed at theologians and scholars in religious studies, however, sociologists and political philosophers may also find the essays informative. Besides the wide variety of theological approaches; sociological and empirical data; and practical theological perspective, the book also yields interesting comparative analysis on two societies in transition.

Author : Samuel von Pufendorf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1698
Category : Church and state
ISBN : BSB:BSB10547521

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Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society by Samuel von Pufendorf Pdf

Author : J. P. Singh Uberoi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195648528

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Religion, Civil Society and the State by J. P. Singh Uberoi Pdf

Religion, civil society and the state form the three dimensions of this semiological study of sikhism. Uberoi first explains the underlying structure of medievalism in both Hindu and Muslim cultures, and goes on to undertake an examination of the period of collaboration between Sikhism and Gandhism after the revolution of Islam in Iran. The figure of the martyr is seen to be an integral part of Sikhism, Gandhism, and Shia Islam.

Author : Peter Augustine Lawler,Dale McConkey
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739154946

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Faith, Morality, and Civil Society by Peter Augustine Lawler,Dale McConkey Pdf

In this rich collection of essays, editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Though the level of religious expression has remained high in the United States, the shift from traditional religious beliefs to a far more individualized style of faith has led many to contend that no faith commitment, collective or personal, should contribute to the vibrancy of a civil democratic society. Challenging those who believe that the private realm is the only appropriate locus of religious belief, the contributors to this volume believe that religion can inform and invigorate the secular institutions of society such as education, economics, and politics. Drawn from a wide variety of religious and moral traditions, these diverse essays show, from many perspectives, the important contribution religion has to make in the public square that is civil society.

Author : Rafael Alvira,Mary Ann Glendon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : Religion and civil society
ISBN : 3487151049

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Religion and Civil Society: The Changing Faces of Religion and Secularity by Rafael Alvira,Mary Ann Glendon Pdf

Author : Wim Hofstee,A. van der Kooij
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004257856

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Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society by Wim Hofstee,A. van der Kooij Pdf

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 of conscience, and the changing role and function of religion is discussed not only from a social scientific but also from a historical and philosophical point of view. The articles dwell on several aspects of the role of religion in different societies in modern times, and the overall theme is explored from the perspective of various religious traditions and groups, both institutional and non-institutional. It turns out that the distinction made is difficult to maintain. Contributors include: Bart Labuschagne, Linda Woodhead, Niek Brunsveld, Dick Douwes, Mohammed Ghaly, Heleen Murre-van den Berg, David Novak, Alexandros Sakellariou, Matthew Tennant, Bruno Verbeek, Ernestine G.E. van der Wall, William Arfman, Stef Aupers, Jeroen Boekhoven, Meerten B. ter Borg, and Kees de Groot.