The Politics and Practice of Religious Diversity

National Contexts, Global Issues
Herausgeber: Dawson, Andrew

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection provides an unrivalled geographical coverage and multidisciplinary treatment of the socio-political processes and institutional practices provoked by, and associated with, religious diversity. Alongside chapters treating religious diversity in the 'BRIC' countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China, contributions are made in respect of Africa, Australia, Europe, South America, the UK and the United States. The Politics and Practice of Religious Diversity provides an accessible, distinctive and timely treatment of a topic intimately connected with modern society's progressively diverse and global trajectory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781138791817
• ISBN-10: 1138791814
• Artikelnr.: 43675005

Autorenporträt

Andrew Dawson is Professor of Modern Religion in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. He researches the relations between modern society and religion. His recent publications include: (as author) Sociology of Religion (2011) and Santo Daime: A New World Religion (2013); (as editor) Summoning the Spirits (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Politics and Practice of Religious Diversity: National
Contexts, Global Issues Part 1: The 'BRIC' Nations 1. Friends and Foes of
the 'Russian World': The Post-Soviet State's Management of Religious
Diversity 2. The Challenges of Managing Religious Diversity in India:
Between Hegemonic Domination and the Quest for Equality 3. Islam and the
State in Brazil: Reflections on the Freedom of a Minority Religion 4.
Religious Diversity and the State in China Part 2: Governance 5. Governance
and Religious Diversity in Australia: Multifaith Relations and Religious
Instruction in the State of Victoria 6. Managing Religious Diversity in
Finland: From Church Law to Governance Networks 7. Religious Diversity and
the Shifting Sands of Political Prioritization: Reflections on the UK
Context Part 3: Globalizing Modernity 8. The Globalization of Religious
Advocacy: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy 9. Diversity, Death and
Divinity in Mexico: A Political-Religious Economy of La Santa Muerte 10.
State Regulation or 'Public Religion'? Religious Diversity in
Post-apartheid South Africa