Contemporary religiosities : emergent socialities and the post-nation state / edited by Bruce Kapferer, Kari Telle, and Annelin Eriksen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapferer, Bruce, editor.

Telle, Kari, editor.

Eriksen, Annelin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

Religion and sociology.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Contemporary Religiosities; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Politics of Conviction; Chapter 2. Strategic Secularism; Chapter 3. Pentecostal Networks and the Spirit of Globalization; Chapter 4. Healing the Nation; Chapter 5. What Happened to Cargo Cults?; Chapter 6. Gold for a Golden Age; Chapter 7. Sri Lankan Civil Society and Its Fanatics; Chapter 8. Dharma Power; Chapter 9. An Ancient Case of Interrogation and Torture; Chapter 10. The Terrorist as Humanitarian; Chapter 11. Reflections on the Rise of Legal Theology; Index

Notes:

Originally published as a special issue of Social analysis, volume 53, issue 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857455345

0857455346