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1 online resource (xiv, 480 pages) : illustrations |
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Revisiting proselytization in the context of rights talk, free markets and culture wars / Rosalind I. Hackett -- Conflicts over proselytization -- an overview and comparative perspective / Jean-Francois Mayer -- Conversion of the world: Proselytization in India and the universalization of Christianity / Jacob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout -- The logic of anti-proselytization, revisited / Grace Kao -- The changing face of Christian proselytization: New actors from the global South / Paul Freston -- Muslim Apostasy, Christian conversion, and religious freedom in Egypt / Heather J. Sharkey -- Seeing is more than believing: Posters and proselytization in Nigeria / F.-K. Asonzeh Ukah -- Buddhism and the politics of conversion in Sri Lanka / Steve C. Berkwitz -- Merit and the search for inner peace: the discourses and technology of Dhammakaya proselytization / Rachelle M. Scott -- Asia's Antioch: Evangelical Christianity and proselytism in Singapore / Jean DeBernardi -- False consciousness and the jargon of Authenticity: Religion and nationalism in the Christianised Lowland Philippines / Paul-Francois Tremlett -- Salvation through secular protest: the development of Falun Gong proselytization / Patsy Rahn -- The social and legal context of proselytization in contemporary Japanese religions / Mark Mullins -- Negotiating proselytism in 21st century Russia / Olga Kazmina -- Between Da'wa and mission: Turkish Islamic movements in the Turkic world (Central Asia and the Caucasus) / Bayram Balci -- Spiritual Wars in the 10-40 window: Korean proselytism among Russia's Asian minorities / Julia S. Kovalchuk -- Proselytization or information? Wicca and the internet / Shawn Arthur -- You can't talk to an empty stomach: Faith-based activism, Holistic Evangelism, and the publicity of Evangelical engagement / Ormri Elisha -- Proselytization: Closing thoughts from a sociologist / James T. Richardson |
| Summary |
The current volume updates and expands earlier studies of proselytism, and explores more thoroughly the theoretical and practical implications of proselytization and anti-proselytization, notably within the current phase of democratization and globalization. Several authors offer analyses of the new actors, movements, and territories now associated with proselytic activity, demonstrating its global significance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Proselytizing.
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RELIGION -- Education.
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Proselytizing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hackett, Rosalind I. J.
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| ISBN |
9781845537159 |
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1845537157 |
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9781317491095 |
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1317491092 |
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131571115X |
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9781315711157 |
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1322456682 |
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9781322456683 |
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9781317491088 |
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1317491084 |
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