Contesting religious identities : transformations, disseminations, and mediations / edited by Bob Becking, Anne-Marie Korte, and Lucien van Liere.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Becking, Bob, editor.

Series:

Studies in the history of religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identification (Religion).

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xiii, 301 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Religion is a hot topic on the public stages of 'secular' societies, not in its individualized liberal or orthodox form, but rather as a public statement, challenging the divide between the secular neutral space and the religious. In this new challenging modus, religion raises questions about identity, power, rationality, subjectivity, law and safety, but above all: religion questions, contests and even blurs the borders between the public and the private. These phenomena urge to rethink what are often considered to be clear differences between religions, between the public and the private and between the religious and the secular. In this volume scholars from a range of different disciplines map the different aspects of the dynamics of changing, contesting and contested religious identities.

Contents:

Part 1 Territories and Diasporas

Interpreting 'Movement' within Religious Studies: An Introduction to 'Territories and Diasporas' / Lucien van Liere Liere, Lucien van 11

Home of the Mother, Exile of the Father: Gender and Space in the Construction of Biblical Identity / Claudia V. Camp Camp, Claudia V. 18

Western Christianity as Part of Postcolonial World Christianity: The 'Body of Christ with AIDS' as an Interstitial Space / Adriaan van Klinken Klinken, Adriaan van 39

Religion, Media, and the Global / Patrick Eisenlohr Eisenlohr, Patrick 59

Beyond Blind Faith: Religious Identities under the Conditions of Late Capitalism / Joerg Rieger Rieger, Joerg 74

Part 2 Media and Texts

Broken Texts and Distorted Images: An Introduction to 'Media & Texts' / Bob Becking Becking, Bob 93

Psychoapocalypse: Desiring the Ends of the World / Tina Pippin Pippin, Tina 97

Dangerous Enthusiasm: An Aspect of the Clash between Cartesianism and Orthodoxy at Utrecht University / Henk van den Belt Belt, Henk van den 118

Islam Controversies and Humour: Responses to Comedic Vlogs on the YouTube Battlefield / Fadi Hirzalla Hirzalla, Fadi, Lieshet van Zoonen Zoonen, Lieshet van, Floris Müller Müller, Floris 136

Fulla, the Cover-up Girl. Identity Polities via a Doll? / Martha Frederiks Frederiks, Martha 156

Resilience Beyond Mimesis, Humanism, Autonomy, and Exemplary Persons / Joachim Duyndam Duyndam, Joachim 175

Part 3 Bodies and Rituals

Embodied Faith as Bone of Contention: Introduction to 'Bodies and Rituals' / Anne-Marie Korte Korte, Anne-Marie 197

Contesting Islam: The Making and Unmaking of Religious Faith / Nilüfer Göle Göle, Nilüfer 203

Martyrdom as a Contested Practice in Rabbinic Judaism / Eric Ottenheijm Ottenheijm, Eric 219

Conservative Evangelical Listening Practices and the Embodiment of Faith / Anna Strhan Strhan, Anna 240

A Material History of Catholic Precarity in Amsterdam / Markha Valenta Valenta, Markha 261

Part 4 Epilogue

At the Threshold: A Panorama for Future Research and Challenges to Religious Studies / Lucien van Liere Liere, Lucien van 277.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Contesting religious identities

ISBN:

9789004336049

9004336044

OCLC:

961155168