Religious Identity And Social Change
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Author |
: David Radford |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2015-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317691723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317691725 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religious Identity and Social Change by : David Radford
Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and quantitative research in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, David Radford provides theoretical insight into the nature of religious and social change and ethnic identity transformation exploring significant questions concerning why people convert and what happens when they do so. A crisis of identity occurs when religious conversion takes place, especially from one major religious tradition (Islam) to another (Christianity); and where religious identity is intimately connected to ethnic and national identity. Radford argues for the importance of recognising the socially constructed nature of identity involving the dynamic interplay between human agency, culture and social networks. Kyrgyz Christians have been active agents in bringing religious and identity transformation building upon the contextual parameters in which they are situated.
Author |
: Kennet Granholm |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2014-09-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317804178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317804171 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religion, Media, and Social Change by : Kennet Granholm
In an era of heightened globalization, macro-level transformations in the general socioeconomic and cultural makeup of modern societies have been studied in great depth. Yet little attention has been paid to the growing influence of media and mass-mediated popular culture on contemporary religious sensibilities, life, and practice. Religion, Media, and Social Change explores the correlation between the study of religion, media, and popular culture and broader sociological theorizing on religious change. Contributions devote serious attention to broadly-defined media including technologies, institutions, and social and cultural environments, as well as mass-mediated popular culture such as film, music, television, and computer games. This interdisciplinary collection addresses important theoretical and methodological questions by connecting the study of media and popular culture to current perspectives, approaches, and discussions in the broader sociological study of religion.
Author |
: Simon Coleman |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2017-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351904872 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351904876 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religion, Identity and Change by : Simon Coleman
Religion is of enduring importance in the lives of many people, yet the religious landscape has been dramatically transformed in recent decades. Established churches have been challenged by eastern faiths, revivals of Christian and Islamic fundamentalism, and the eclectic spiritualities of the New Age. Religion has long been regarded by social scientists and psychologists as a key source of identity formation, ranging from personal conversion experiences to collective association with fellow believers. This book addresses the need for a reassessment of issues relating to identity in the light of current transformations in society as a whole and religion in particular. Drawing together case-studies from many different expressions of faith and belief - Hindu, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Anglican, New Age - leading scholars ask how contemporary religions or spiritualities respond to the challenge of forming individual and collective identities in a nation context marked by secularisation and postmodern decentring of culture, as well as religious revitalisation. The book focuses on Britain as a context for religious change, but asks important questions that are of universal significance for those studying religion: How is personal and collective identity constructed in a world of multiple social and cultural influences? What role can religion play in creating, reinforcing or even transforming such identity?
Author |
: Stewart M. Hoover |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2011-01-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441145550 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441145559 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Media, Spiritualities and Social Change by : Stewart M. Hoover
Groundbreaking study into the relationship between forms of spirituality, media and its effect on social reform.
Author |
: David Radford |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2015-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317691716 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317691717 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religious Identity and Social Change by : David Radford
Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and quantitative research in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, David Radford provides theoretical insight into the nature of religious and social change and ethnic identity transformation exploring significant questions concerning why people convert and what happens when they do so. A crisis of identity occurs when religious conversion takes place, especially from one major religious tradition (Islam) to another (Christianity); and where religious identity is intimately connected to ethnic and national identity. Radford argues for the importance of recognising the socially constructed nature of identity involving the dynamic interplay between human agency, culture and social networks. Kyrgyz Christians have been active agents in bringing religious and identity transformation building upon the contextual parameters in which they are situated.
Author |
: Gregory C. Stanczak |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 081353836X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813538365 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis Engaged Spirituality by : Gregory C. Stanczak
In Engaged Spirituality, Gregory C. Stanczak challenges this assumption, arguing that spirituality plays an important social role as well. Based on more than one hundred interviews with individuals of diverse faith traditions, the book shows how prayer, meditation, and ritual provide foundations for activism. Among the stories, a Buddhist monk in Los Angeles intimately describes the physical sensations of strength and compassion that sweep her body when she recites the Buddha's name in times of selfless service, and a Protestant reverend explains how the calm serenity that she feels during retreats allows her to direct her multi-service agency in San Francisco to creative successes that were previously unimaginable. In an age when Madonna studies Kabbalah and the internet is bringing Buddhism to the white middle-class, it is clear that formal religious affiliations are no longer enough. Stanczak's critical examination of spirituality provides us with a way of discussing the factors that impel individuals into social activism and forces us to rethink the question of how "religion" and "spirituality" might be defined.
Author |
: James A. Beckford |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1986-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1446233308 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781446233306 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change by : James A. Beckford
"The book shows how rapid social change gives rise to novel religious interpretations and how new religious movements, in turn, try to influence the process of change. This analysis is illustrated by studies of the advanced societies of North America and Europe, of Japan during the first phase of industrialization, and of countries and regions in the developing world. New religious movements are revealed as a normal aspect of social life and as critical indicators of social change. This is reflected in each movement's social composition, teachings, values, religious practices and organizational structures as well as their engagement in politics, business and their structuring of social relationships."--Publisher's description.
Author |
: Louis Brenner |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105006064336 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Muslim Identity and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Louis Brenner
"This volume is indispensable to anyone who wants to understand current trends in Islam in Africa." --MESA Bulletin "A must read for anyone interested in Muslim identity and social change in sub-Saharan Africa." --Religious Studies Review "The Brenner volume... develops a broader range of issues... [on] African Muslim communities than any existing study." --John Hanson These essays constitute a timely exploration of the dynamism of Islam as a force for shaping identity and for social and political change across Africa today.
Author |
: Titus Hjelm |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 269 |
Release |
: 2011-01-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136854132 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136854134 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religion and Social Problems by : Titus Hjelm
Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have emerged. This book fills this gap by providing a definitive work on the impact of religion on social problems, religion as a solution to social problems, and religion as a social problem in itself.
Author |
: Michele Dillon |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 500 |
Release |
: 2003-08-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521000785 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521000789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of the Sociology of Religion by : Michele Dillon
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