The critical analysis of religious diversity / edited by Lene Kuhle, William Hoverd, Jorn Borup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kühle, Lene, editor.

Series:

International studies in religion and society ; 32.

International studies in religion and society ; volume 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 313 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

Drawing on international and thematic case studies, 'The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity' asks its readers to pay attention to the assumptions and processes by which scholars, religious practitioners and states construct religious diversity. The study has three foci: theoretical and methodological issues; religious diversity in non-Western contexts; and religious diversity in social contexts. Together, these trans-contextual studies are utilised to develop a critical analysis exploring how agency, power and language construct understandings of religious diversity. As a result, the book argues that reflexive scholarship needs to consider that the dynamics of diversification and homogenisation are fundamental to understanding social and religious life, that religious diversity is a Western concept, and that definitions of ?religious diversity? are often entangled by and within dynamic empirical realities.

Contents:

Introduction: The critical analysis of religious diversity / Lene Kuhle, William Hoverd

Religious diversity, institutionalized religion, and religion that is not religion / Peter Beyer

Counting and mapping religious diversity: methodological challenges, unintended consequences, and political implications / MarGriera

Constructing and deconstructing religious diversity: the measurement of religious affiliation in Denmark and New Zealand / William Hoverd, Lene Kuhle

Globally modern-dynamically diverse: how global modernity engenders dynamic diversity / Andrew Dawson

Religious diversity and discourses of toleration in Classical Antiquity / Mar Marcos

Managing and negotiating Asian religious unities and diversities / Jørn Borup

A harmonious plurality of "religious" expressions: theories and case studies from the Chinese practice of (religious) diversity / Stefania Travagnin

Constructing and representing the new religious diversity with old classifications: "world religions" as an excluding category in interreligious dialogue in Switzerland / Martin Baumann and Andreas Tunger-Zanetti

He said, we said: religion in the York University controversy of 2013-2014 / Paul Bramadat

Interfaith youth in Australia: a critical reflection on religious diversity, literacy, and identity / Anna Halafoff

Religious diversity and the news: critical issues in the study of religion and media / Henrik Reintoft Christensen

Law and religious diversity: how South African courts distinguish religion, witchcraft and culture / Marian Burchardt - Conclusion: The problems of religious diversity / Lene Kuhle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Critical analysis of religious diversity

ISBN:

9789004367098

9004367098

OCLC:

1031909484

Publisher Number:

99977620608