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Author Hefner, Robert W., 1952-

Title Religions in movement : the local and the global in contemporary faith traditions / edited by Robert W. Hefner, John Hutchinson, Sara Mels, and Christiane Timmerman
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge Studies in Religion ; v. 27
Routledge studies in religion ; v. 27.
Contents General introduction / Sara Mels and Christiane Timmerman -- Part I. Global perspectives on religion, nationalism and politics ; Introduction : global perspectives on religion, nationalism and politics / John Hutchinson -- Islam, politics and globalisation : what are the issues and outcomes? / Jeffrey Haynes -- The paradox of globalisation : Quakers, religious NGOs and the United Nations / Jeremy Carrette -- European secularity and religious modernity in Russia and Eastern Europe : focus on Orthodox Christianity / Inna Naletova -- The orthodox tradition in a globalising world : the case of the Romanian Orthodox Church / Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner -- Good Muslims, good Chinese : state modernisation policies, globalisation of religious networks and the changing Hui Ethno-religious identifications / Maja Veselič -- Where national histories and colonial myths meet : 'Histoire Croisée' and memory of the Moroccan-Berber cultural movement in the Netherlands / Norah Karrouche -- Self-sacrifice and martyrdom in terrorism : political and religious motives / Francesco Marone --
Part II. Varieties of religious globalisation ; Varieties of religious globalisation / Robert W. Hefner -- Religion in the contemporary globalised world : construction, migration, challenge, diversity / Peter Beyer -- Voluntarism : niche markets created by a fissile transnational faith / David Martin -- Women perform ʼIjtihād : hybridity as creative space for interpretations of Islam / Els Vanderwaeren -- Processes of localised and globalised Islam among young Muslims in Berlin / Synnøve Bendixsen -- Towards cultural translation : rethinking the dynamics of religious pluralism and globalisation through the Sathya Sai movement / Tulasi Srinivas -- Ghanaian films and chiefs as indicators of religious change among the Akan in Kumasi and its migrants in Southeast Amsterdam / Louise Müller
Summary There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization. In contrast, until recently there has been much less debate about the fate of religion. 'Globalization' has been viewed as part of the rationalization process, which has already relegated religion to the dustbin of history, just as it threatens the nation, as the world moves toward a cosmopolitan ethics and politics. The chapters in this book, however, make the case for the salience and resilience of religion, often in conjunction with nationalism, in the contemporary world in several ways. This book highlights the diverse ways in which religions first and foremost make use of the traditional power and communication channels available to them, like strategies of conversion, the preservation of traditional value systems, and the intertwining of religious and political power. Nevertheless, challenged by a more culturally and religiously diversified societies and by the growth of new religious sects, contemporary religions are also forced to let go of these well known strategies of preservation and formulate new ways of establishing their position in local contexts. This collection of essays by established and emerging scholars brings together theory-driven and empirically-based research and case-studies about the global and bottom-up strategies of religions and religious traditions in Europe and beyond to rethink their positions in their local communities and in the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307), and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Religions -- History -- 21st century
Globalization -- Religious aspects.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Essays.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Globalization -- Religious aspects
Religions
Religion
Religionsgemeinschaft
Migration
Globalisierung
Regionalkultur
Godsdiensten.
Internationalisatie.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Form Electronic book
Author Hutchinson, John (UK. London School of Economics) editor, author
Mels, Sara. editor, author.
Timmerman, Christiane. editor, author.
ISBN 9780203630372
0203630378
9781136681004
1136681000
9780203508336
0203508335
9781136681073
1136681078
Other Titles Local and the global in contemporary faith traditions