The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity
Published on 5. July 2018
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-90-04-36709-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Contributors are: Martin Baumann, Peter Beyer, Jorn Borup, Paul Bramadat, Marian Burchardt, Henrik Reintoft Christensen, Andrew Dawson, Mar Griera, Anna Halafoff, William Hoverd, Lene Kuehle, Mar Marcos, Stefania Travagnin, and Andreas Tunger-Zanetti.
Contributors are: Martin Baumann, Peter Beyer, Jorn Borup, Paul Bramadat, Marian Burchardt, Henrik Reintoft Christensen, Andrew Dawson, Mar Griera, Anna Halafoff, William Hoverd, Lene Kuehle, Mar Marcos, Stefania Travagnin, and Andreas Tunger-Zanetti.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-36709-8 (9789004367098)
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Lene Kuehle, PhD (2004), Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University, is Professor WSR at that university. She has published widely in English and Danish on religious diversity, Muslims in Denmark, radicalisation and religion in public institutions.
William Hoverd, PhD (2012), Victoria University of Wellington, is Senior Lecturer at Massey University, New Zealand. He has published widely on religion in New Zealand. Wil was a DFAIT post-doctoral fellow at the Religion & Diversity Project, at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2011/2012.
Jorn Borup, PhD (2002), Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University, is Associate Professor at that university. He has conducted research and published in Danish and English on Buddhism (East and West), religious diversity, spirituality, and religion and migration.
William Hoverd, PhD (2012), Victoria University of Wellington, is Senior Lecturer at Massey University, New Zealand. He has published widely on religion in New Zealand. Wil was a DFAIT post-doctoral fellow at the Religion & Diversity Project, at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2011/2012.
Jorn Borup, PhD (2002), Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University, is Associate Professor at that university. He has conducted research and published in Danish and English on Buddhism (East and West), religious diversity, spirituality, and religion and migration.
Content
Foreword
?Tim Jensen
Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Introduction: The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity
?Lene Kuehle and William Hoverd
Part 1: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Introduction to Part 1
1 Religious Diversity, Institutionalized Religion, and Religion That is Not Religion
?Peter Beyer
2 Counting and Mapping Religious Diversity: Methodological Challenges, Unintended Consequences, and Political Implications
?Mar Griera
3 Constructing and Deconstructing Religious Diversity: The Measurement of Religious Affiliation in Denmark and New Zealand
?William Hoverd and Lene Kuehle
4 Globally Modern - Dynamically Diverse: How Global Modernity Engenders Dynamic Diversity
?Andrew Dawson
Part 2: Religious Diversity in Non-modern and Non-western Contexts
Introduction to Part 2
5 Religious Diversity and Discourses of Toleration in Classical Antiquity
?Mar Marcos
6 Managing and Negotiating Asian Religious Unities and Diversities
?Jorn Borup
7 A Harmonious Plurality of 'Religious' Expressions: Theories and Case Studies from the Chinese Practice of (Religious) Diversity
?Stefania Travagnin
Part 3: Religious Diversity in Societal Contexts
Introduction to Part 3
8 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
9 He Said, We Said: Religion in the York University Controversy of 2013-2014
?Paul Bramadat
10 Interfaith Youth in Australia: A Critical Reflection on Religious Diversity, Literacy, and Identity
?Anna Halafoff
11 Religious Diversity and the News: Critical Issues in the Study of Religion and Media
?Henrik Reintoft Christensen
12 Law and Religious Diversity: How South African Courts Distinguish Religion, Witchcraft and Culture
?Marian Burchardt
Conclusion: The Problems of Religious Diversity
?Lene Kuehle
Index
?Tim Jensen
Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Introduction: The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity
?Lene Kuehle and William Hoverd
Part 1: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Introduction to Part 1
1 Religious Diversity, Institutionalized Religion, and Religion That is Not Religion
?Peter Beyer
2 Counting and Mapping Religious Diversity: Methodological Challenges, Unintended Consequences, and Political Implications
?Mar Griera
3 Constructing and Deconstructing Religious Diversity: The Measurement of Religious Affiliation in Denmark and New Zealand
?William Hoverd and Lene Kuehle
4 Globally Modern - Dynamically Diverse: How Global Modernity Engenders Dynamic Diversity
?Andrew Dawson
Part 2: Religious Diversity in Non-modern and Non-western Contexts
Introduction to Part 2
5 Religious Diversity and Discourses of Toleration in Classical Antiquity
?Mar Marcos
6 Managing and Negotiating Asian Religious Unities and Diversities
?Jorn Borup
7 A Harmonious Plurality of 'Religious' Expressions: Theories and Case Studies from the Chinese Practice of (Religious) Diversity
?Stefania Travagnin
Part 3: Religious Diversity in Societal Contexts
Introduction to Part 3
8 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
9 He Said, We Said: Religion in the York University Controversy of 2013-2014
?Paul Bramadat
10 Interfaith Youth in Australia: A Critical Reflection on Religious Diversity, Literacy, and Identity
?Anna Halafoff
11 Religious Diversity and the News: Critical Issues in the Study of Religion and Media
?Henrik Reintoft Christensen
12 Law and Religious Diversity: How South African Courts Distinguish Religion, Witchcraft and Culture
?Marian Burchardt
Conclusion: The Problems of Religious Diversity
?Lene Kuehle
Index