| Description |
xiv, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Religion and society ; 33 |
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Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 33
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| Contents |
""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Historical models""; ""Gods� statues as a tool of Assyrian political policy: Esarhaddon�s return of Marduk to Babylon""; ""Religious projection: A Hellenistic instance""; ""Mani versus Mazdak: The prophet and his king in pre-Islamic Iran""; ""Religious transformations and socio-political change: A western eurocentric paradigm?""; ""Eastern Europe""; ""The intelligentsia between secular and religious culture""; ""Personal spiritual orientations and religiousness in (former) Soviet society"" |
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""Delusion and illusion, false hopes and failed dreams: Religion, the churches and East Germany�s 1989 “November revolution�""""Theology of liberation and the Protestant monastery of Loccum in Germany""; ""Opposition within affinity between religion and politics with reference to Golden Age Denmark and Brazil""; ""Latin America""; ""Religious transformations and social change in Latin America""; ""In the beginning there were the Canaries ... : The forgotten purgatory en route to the new world""; ""Missionary activity in Latin America: Confession manuals and indigenous eroticism"" |
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""Iconography, inter subjectivity, and anthropological experience: A Toba shamanic tree""""Political culture, religious culture and sacrifice""; ""Theoretical and methodological implications""; ""Theories on tradition and change in sociology, anthropology, history, and the history of religions""; ""Method, theory, and the subject matter""; ""What sort of “reality� is religion?""; ""The symbolics of power discourse among contemporary religious groups in West Africa""; ""Religious studies as a saving grace? From Goodenough to South Africa""; ""Conclusion"" |
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""John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev: The process of globalization in multidimensional comparison""""The analogy of the proportionalitas: The coherence between sociopolitical development and the development of religion in the new socio-cultural reality of Czechoslovakia""; ""National history, culture and the process of religious change""; ""Religion and revolution: A Hungarian pilgrimage in Rumania""; ""Muslim fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia: A social perspective""; ""The Muslims of Poland: A religious minority in transition"" |
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""Methodological conceits and theoretical opportunities: Reflections on the level of analysis appropriate for explaining socio- cultural phenomena""""List of contributors""; ""Index"" |
| Notes |
"The papers in this volume were first presented at a special conference of the International Association for the History of Religions ... August 5-9, 1991"--Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- History -- Congresses.
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Religion and sociology -- Congresses.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Eastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045765 -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663 -- Congresses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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Latin America -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116025 -- Congresses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Martin, Luther H., 1937-
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International Association for the History of Religions.
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| LC no. |
93004333 |
| ISBN |
3110137348 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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