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Title Religion beyond its private role in modern society / edited by Wim Hofstee, Arie van der Kooij
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 284 pages)
Series International studies in religion and society ; v. 20
International studies in religion and society ; 20.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Freedom of religion.
Religion and sociology.
sociology of religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Freedom of religion
Religion and sociology
Gesellschaft
Privatheit
Religion
Staat
Öffentlichkeit
Form Electronic book
Author Hofstee, Wim, editor
Kooij, Arie van der, 1945- editor.
ISBN 9789004257856
9004257853
1299975801
9781299975804