Religious transformations and socio-political change : Eastern Europe and Latin America / edited by Luther Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Luther H., 1937-

International Association for the History of Religions.

Series:

Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 33.

Religion and society ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--History--Congresses.

Religion and politics.

Religion and sociology--Congresses.

Religion and sociology.

Europe, Eastern--Religion--Congresses.

Europe, Eastern.

Latin America--Religion--Congresses.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Introduction / Martin, Luther Η.

Historical models

Gods' statues as a tool of Assyrian political policy: Esarhaddon's return of Marduk to Babylon / Porter Nevling, Barbara

Religious projection: A Hellenistic instance / Versnel, Η. S.

Mani versus Mazdak: The prophet and his king in pre-Islamic Iran / Casadio, Giovanni

Religious transformations and socio-political change: A western eurocentric paradigm? / Paper, Jordan

Eastern Europe

The intelligentsia between secular and religious culture / Smolyakov, Leonid J.

Personal spiritual orientations and religiousness in (former) Soviet society / Zotz, Vladimir

John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev: The process of globalization in multidimensional comparison / Papoušek, Dalibor

The analogy of the proportionalitas: The coherence between socio-political development and the development of religion in the new socio-cultural reality of Czechoslovakia / Horyna, Břetislav

National history, culture and the process of religious change / Szmyd, Jan

Religion and revolution: A Hungarian pilgrimage in Rumania / Lovász, Irén

Muslim fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia: A social perspective / Mickulsky, Dimitry

The Muslims of Poland: A religious minority in transition / Danecki, Janusz

Delusion and illusion, false hopes and failed dreams: Religion, the churches and East Germany's 1989 "November revolution" / Lease, Gary

Theology of liberation and the Protestant monastery of Loccum in Germany / Antes, Peter

Opposition within affinity between religion and politics with reference to Golden Age Denmark and Brazil / Khan, Abrahim Η.

Latin America

Religious transformations and social change in Latin America / Masferrer Kan, Elio

In the beginning there were the Canaries ...: The forgotten purgatory en route to the new world / Vasquez, Irene S.

Missionary activity in Latin America: Confession manuals and indigenous eroticism / Marcos, Sylvia

Iconography, intersubjectivity, and anthropological experience: A Toba shamanic tree / Wright, Pablo G.

Political culture, religious culture and sacrifice / Strenski, Ivan

Theoretical and methodological implications

Theories on tradition and change in sociology, anthropology, history, and the history of religions / Geertz, Armin W.

Method, theory, and the subject matter / Bianchi, Ugo

What sort of "reality" is religion? / Jensen Sinding, Jeppe

The symbolics of power discourse among contemporary religious groups in West Africa / Hackett, Rosalind I. J.

Religious studies as a saving grace? From Goodenough to South Africa / Wiehe, Donald

Conclusion

Methodological conceits and theoretical opportunities: Reflections on the level of analysis appropriate for explaining socio-cultural phenomena / Lawson, Ε. Thomas

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

"The papers in this volume were first presented at a special conference of the International Association for the History of Religions ... August 5-9, 1991"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110884203

3110884208

OCLC:

979693100