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1 online resource |
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Non-governmental public action |
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Non-governmental public action series.
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1. Troubled Multiculturalisms and Disrupted Secularities: Religion and Social Integration 'Crises' in North Western Europe in Comparative Perspective -- 2. 'Community Cohesion' and English Disruptions of the Multicultural Peace: The Northern Riots, White 'Backlash' and the 'Evocation of a Faith Sector' -- 3. Paradise Lost? The Collapse of Dutch Multiculturalism and the Birth of Islamophobic post-Liberalism -- 4. Religion and Social Integration in France -- 5. Northern Ireland: Sectarianism, Civil Society and Democratic Deepening -- Conclusion: Religion and Social Integration 'Crises' in North Western Europe |
| Summary |
Since the turn of the millennium, European societies have been shaken by the re-emergence of religion as a contested factor in public life. Using approaches from sociology, media and religious studies, David Herbert compares recent public controversies involving or implicating religion in the UK (England and Northern Ireland), the Netherlands and France. Has there been a return of public religion? Is self-segregation the cause of community tensions and what is the role of the media in shaping public attitudes to religion? He argues that the declining importance of religion for the majority of European, s compared with its ongoing and adapting importance for some from minority and immigrant populations, calls for careful policy responses. Religion can and already has been exploited to produce social polarization, especially in the presence of negative and stereotyped media representations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and culture.
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sociology of religion.
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Social interaction.
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Religion & politics.
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Media studies.
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Religious groups: social & cultural aspects.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Religion and culture
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Religion and sociology
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Social & ethical issues.
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Religion & politics.
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Media studies.
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Social groups: religious groups & communities.
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Political ideologies.
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137312723 |
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1137312726 |
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