Contemporary religiosities :: emergent socialities and the post-nation state /

The last decade has seen an unexpected return of the religious, and with it the creation of new kinds of social forms alongside new fusions of political and religious realms that high modernity kept distinct. For a fuller understanding of what this means for society in the context of globalization,...

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Other Authors: Kapferer, Bruce (Editor), Telle, Kari (Editor), Eriksen, Annelin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2010.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The last decade has seen an unexpected return of the religious, and with it the creation of new kinds of social forms alongside new fusions of political and religious realms that high modernity kept distinct. For a fuller understanding of what this means for society in the context of globalization, it is necessary to rethink the relationship between the religious and the secular; the contributors - all leading scholars in anthropology - do just that, some even arguing that secularization itself now takes a religious form. Combining theoretical reflection with vivid ethnographic explorations,
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 221 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857455345
0857455346

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