Religious Individualisation

Author : Martin Fuchs,Antje Linkenbach,Martin Mulsow,Bernd-Christian Otto,Rahul Bjørn Parson,Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110580938

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Religious Individualisation by Martin Fuchs,Antje Linkenbach,Martin Mulsow,Bernd-Christian Otto,Rahul Bjørn Parson,Jörg Rüpke Pdf

This volume brings together key findings of the long-term research project ‘Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective’ (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt University). Combining a wide range of disciplinary approaches, methods and theories, the volume assembles over 50 contributions that explore and compare processes of religious individualisation in different religious environments and historical periods, in particular in Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe from antiquity to the recent past. Contrary to standard theories of modernisation, which tend to regard religious individualisation as a specifically modern or early modern as well as an essentially Western or Christian phenomenon, the chapters reveal processes of religious individualisation in a large variety of non-Western and pre-modern scenarios. Furthermore, the volume challenges prevalent views that regard religions primarily as collective phenomena and provides nuanced perspectives on the appropriation of religious agency, the pluralisation of religious options, dynamics of de-traditionalisation and privatisation, the development of elaborated notions of the self, the facilitation of religious deviance, and on the notion of dividuality.

Author : Ralph Haeussler,Anthony King
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789259667

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Religious Individualisation by Ralph Haeussler,Anthony King Pdf

The Roman world was diverse and complex. And so were religious understandings and practices as mirrored in the enormous variety presented by archaeological, iconographic, and epigraphic evidence. Conventional approaches principally focus on the political role of civic cults as a means of social cohesion, often considered to be instrumentalized by elites. But by doing so, religious diversity is frequently overlooked, marginalizing ‘deviating’ cult activities that do not fit the Classical canon, as well as the multitude of funerary practices and other religious activities that were all part of everyday life. In the Roman Empire, a person’s religious experiences were shaped by many and sometimes seemingly incompatible cult practices, whereby the ‘civic’ and ‘imperial’ cults might have had the least impact of all. Our goal therefore is to rethink our methodologies, aiming for a more dynamic image of religion that takes into account the varied and often contradictory choices and actions of individual, which reflects the discrepant religious experiences in the Roman world. Is it possible to ‘poke into the mind’ of an individual in Roman times, whatever his/her status and ethnicity, and try to understand the individual’s diverse experiences in such a complex, interconnected empire, exploring the choices that were open to an individual? This also raises the question whether the concept of individuality is valid for Roman times. In some periods, the impact of individual actions can be more momentous: the very first adoption of Roman-style sculpture, cult practices or Latin theonyms for indigenous deities can set in motion long-term processes that will significantly influence people’s perceptions of local deities, their characteristics, and functions. Do individual choices and preferences prevail over collective identities in the Roman Empire compared to pre-Roman times? To examine these questions, this volume presents case studies that analyze individual actions in the religious sphere.

Author : Jayeel Serrano Cornelio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317621973

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Being Catholic in the Contemporary Philippines by Jayeel Serrano Cornelio Pdf

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the nature of Catholicism in the contemporary Philippines. It shows how Catholicism is apparently flourishing, with good attendance at Sunday Masses, impressive religious processions and flourishing charismatic groups, and with interventions by the Catholic hierarchy in national and local politics. However, focusing in particular on the beliefs and practices of young people, the book shows that young people are often adopting a different, more individualised approach to Catholicism, which is frequently out of step with the official position. It considers the features of this: a more personal and experiential relationship with God; a new approach to morality, in which right living is seen as more important than right believing; and a critical view of what is seen as the Catholic hierarchy's misguidedness. The book argues that this reinterpreting of religion by young people has the potential to alter fundamentally the nature of Catholicism in the Philippines, but that, nevertheless, young people's new approach involves a solid, enduring commitment and a strong view of their own Catholic, religious identity.

Author : Martin Mulsow,Jörg Rüpke,Bernd-Christian Otto,Antje Linkenbach,Martin Fuchs,Rahul Bjørn Parson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3110580012

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Religious Individualisation by Martin Mulsow,Jörg Rüpke,Bernd-Christian Otto,Antje Linkenbach,Martin Fuchs,Rahul Bjørn Parson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004461178

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Old Religion, New Spirituality: Implications of Secularisation and Individualisation in Estonia by Anonim Pdf

Estonia is often described as one of the most secularised countries in the world in terms of de-institutionalisation and de-Christianisation. Old Religion, New Spirituality: Implications of Secularisation and Individualisation in Estonia, edited by Riho Altnurme, starts with the question: what are the historical reasons for Estonia to be so secularised? The decisive factor in the diminishment in the importance of Christianity was the overlap between social classes and ethnicities. The national identity of Estonians became disconnected to any religion. Second, what are the consequences? How are the secularity of Estonia and the picture of individualised religiosity in this country linked? This book provides fresh results from surveys, archival work and analysis by a group of Estonian researchers. Contributors include: Riho Altnurme, Lea Altnurme, Priit Rohtmets, Indrek Pekko, Toomas Schvak, Ringo Ringvee, Alar Kilp, and Marko Uibu.

Author : Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107090521

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Religious Deviance in the Roman World by Jörg Rüpke Pdf

Offers a new reading of the ancient sources in order to find indications for religious deviance practices in the Roman world.

Author : Jörg Rüpke,Wolfgang Spickermann
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : 3110286742

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Reflections on Religious Individuality by Jörg Rüpke,Wolfgang Spickermann Pdf

"Did ancient religions know religious individuality? How did it work in texts and practices related to texts? The creation of texts offered opportunities to express one's own religious experience and shape one's own religious personality - within the boundaries of what is acceptable. Greek and Latin, Jewish and Christian texts from the Hellenistic period down to Late Antiquity created exemplary individuals or condemned individual deviance. This volume presents exemplary cases and analyses, which open a new field for research in the history of religion, covering ritual and literary innovations." --from back cover.

Author : Dinka Marinović Jerolimov,Irena Borowik,Siniša Zrinščak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121544501

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Religion and Patterns of Social Transformation by Dinka Marinović Jerolimov,Irena Borowik,Siniša Zrinščak Pdf

Author : Patrick J. Mahaffey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429879753

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Integrative Spirituality by Patrick J. Mahaffey Pdf

In Integrative Spirituality, Patrick J. Mahaffey elucidates spirituality as a developmental process that is enhanced by integrating the teachings and practices of multiple religious traditions, Jungian depth psychology, and contemplative yoga. In the postmodern world of religious pluralism, Mahaffey compellingly argues that each of us must fashion a unique path to wholeness which integrates aspects of life and of the self that have become disconnected and disowned. Integrative Spirituality uniquely conjoins four components: exemplary religious pluralists from three traditions, individuation, the forms of contemplative Hindu yoga that have been successfully transmitted to the West, and a presentation of two models for integrating psychological growth and spiritual awakening. The book presents pioneering practitioners in each field who exemplify how we may fashion our own approach to integrating both spiritual awakening and psychological development and delineates an array of spiritual practices that integrate the somatic, psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of life. Ultimately, Mahaffey contends that integrative spirituality is a mode of being that fully embraces the divinity inherent in each of us and in the world. Integrative Spirituality will be essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, transpersonal and Jungian psychology, and religious studies and contemplative education. It will also be of interest to analytical and depth psychologists in practice and in training, and to anyone seeking a greater understanding of spirituality, psychological growth, religious traditions, individuation, and contemplative yoga.

Author : Marta Kołodziejska
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351670975

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Online Catholic Communities by Marta Kołodziejska Pdf

The Catholic Church has been moving into a new phase, one where its congregation can choose to meet and practice elements of their own version of their faith on online forums. This new form of congregating allows for an individualised faith to manifest itself outside of the usual church authority structures. Online Catholic Communities provides insight into how religious and non-religious internet forum users interact and form groups during interactions; it also discusses the transformation of religious authority and its emanations in these digital contexts. Using the top three online forums used by Polish Catholics as a case study, this project explores the formation of these online communities. It then looks at the alternative authority structures that emerge online and how these lead to an individualised form of religious engagement that can develop independently of mainstream doctrine. Through highlighting how religious discourse in Poland is appropriated and creatively modified by users in fulfilling their own spiritual needs, this work reveals the constant interplay between online and offline religious contexts. This monograph includes cutting edge research on online expressions of religious community, authority and individualisation and as such will be of keen interest to scholars of religious studies and the sociology of religion, as well as communication studies.

Author : Stef Aupers,Dick Houtman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004184510

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Religions of Modernity by Stef Aupers,Dick Houtman Pdf

Religions of Modernity challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that, once unleashed, the modern forces of individualism, science and technology inevitably erode the sacred and evoke the profane. The book's chapters, some by established scholars, others by junior researchers, document instead in rich empirical detail how modernity relocates the sacred to the deeper layers of the self and the domain of digital technology. Rather than destroying the sacred tout court, then, the cultural logic of modernization spawns its own religious meanings, unacknowledged spiritualities and magical enchantments. The editors argue in the introductory chapter that the classical theoretical accounts of modernity by Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and others already hinted at the future emergence of these religions of modernity

Author : Peter W. Edge,Graham Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X004521547

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Law and Religion in Contemporary Society by Peter W. Edge,Graham Harvey Pdf

This work enriches the analysis of law and religion in society by emphasising a dimension involving the relationship between religious communities and religious individuals.

Author : Sara R. Farris
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004254091

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Max Weber’s Theory of Personality by Sara R. Farris Pdf

Max Weber's writings in The Sociology of Religion are today acknowledged as a classic of the social sciences in the twentieth century. They are key texts for understanding Weber’s central sociological concepts concerning Western and Eastern ‘civilisations’. This book argues that the concept and problematic of personality plays a pivotal role within these works. Providing a detailed reconstruction of this concept within Weber’s systematic studies of world religions as well as throughout his methodological and political writings, this book shows its complex development within three strictly related problematics associated with Weber’s influential comparative historical sociology and theory of social action – individuation, politics and orientalism. Together they shape and constitute what is distinctive in Max Weber’s theory of personality.

Author : Hessel Zondag,M. H. F. van Uden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Individualism
ISBN : 3844051791

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Losing My Religion? by Hessel Zondag,M. H. F. van Uden Pdf

The subject of the present research presented in this book is the position of religion and spirituality in a culture characterised by individualism, more specifically expressive individualism, and the narcissism associated with it. On the one hand, it has been argued that, in an expressive-individualistic and narcissistic culture, there exists an aversion against institutions, also the religious ones; on the other hand, there are strong indications that people are adapting religion to individual designs. The emergence of spirituality is supposed to be an expression of this. Linked with this is the question what the position is of religious and spiritual coping, in particular in problems that are associated with the narcissistic habitus: boredom and anxiety. Is there, in managing this kind of problems, still a place for coping with a religious and spiritual character, or not? Losing my religion?

Author : Suzanne R. Kirschner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996-02-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521555604

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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis by Suzanne R. Kirschner Pdf

In this book, Suzanne Kirschner traces the origins of contemporary psychoanalysis back to the foundations of Judaeo-Christian culture, and challenges the prevailing view that modern theories of the self mark a radical break with religious and cultural tradition. Instead, she argues, they offer an account of human development which has its beginnings in biblical theology and neoplatonic mysticism. Drawing on a wide range of religious, literary, philosophical and anthropological sources, Dr Kirschner demonstrates that current Anglo-American psychoanalytic theories are but the latest version of a narrative that has been progressively secularized over the course of nearly two millennia. She displays a deep understanding of psychoanalytic theories, while at the same time raising provocative questions about their status as knowledge and as science.