|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
This thought-provoking collection offers a multi-disciplinary
approach on the subject of humour, Muslims, and Islam. Beginning
with theoretical perspectives and scriptural guidance on
permissible and restricted humour, the volume presents a variety of
case studies about Muslim comedic practices in various cultural,
political, and religious contexts. This unprecedented scholarship
sheds new light on common misconceptions about humour and laughter
in Islam and deftly tackles sensitive themes from blasphemy to
freedom of speech. Chapter 9 is available Open Access via OAPEN
under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Nationalism and ethnicity have become, across time and space, a
force in the construction of boundaries. This book analyses
geographical and physical borders and symbolic, political and
socio-economic boundaries, and how they impact upon nationalism and
ethnic identity. Geographic and other tangible borders are critical
components in the making and unmaking of boundaries. However,
symbolic or intangible boundaries along national, ethnic, political
or socio-economic criteria are equally significant. Organised into
three sections on theory, national and transnational case studies,
this book both introduces existing approaches to the study of
boundaries and illustrates how it is possible to apply renewed
boundary approaches to better understand nationalism and ethnicity
in contemporary contexts. Expert contributors in the field present
detailed case studies on the UK, Israel, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine
and Kazakhstan, and draw upon further examples from more than a
dozen countries to provide a critical evaluation of the use of
borders, boundaries and boundary-making in the study of nationalism
and ethnicity. This book will be of interest to students and
scholars of International Politics, Nationalism, Racial and Ethnic
Politics, Ethnic Identity and Sociology.
Nationalism and ethnicity have become, across time and space, a
force in the construction of boundaries. This book analyses
geographical and physical borders and symbolic, political and
socio-economic boundaries, and how they impact upon nationalism and
ethnic identity. Geographic and other tangible borders are critical
components in the making and unmaking of boundaries. However,
symbolic or intangible boundaries along national, ethnic, political
or socio-economic criteria are equally significant. Organised into
three sections on theory, national and transnational case studies,
this book both introduces existing approaches to the study of
boundaries and illustrates how it is possible to apply renewed
boundary approaches to better understand nationalism and ethnicity
in contemporary contexts. Expert contributors in the field present
detailed case studies on the UK, Israel, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine
and Kazakhstan, and draw upon further examples from more than a
dozen countries to provide a critical evaluation of the use of
borders, boundaries and boundary-making in the study of nationalism
and ethnicity. This book will be of interest to students and
scholars of International Politics, Nationalism, Racial and Ethnic
Politics, Ethnic Identity and Sociology.
The relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox
Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and
contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through
the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars
have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious
tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this
public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox
tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few
years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it
into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies
from different periods of history up to the present day, the
authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation
and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world
and among the Diaspora.
The relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox
Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and
contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through
the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars
have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious
tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this
public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox
tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few
years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it
into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies
from different periods of history up to the present day, the
authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation
and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world
and among the Diaspora.
Using welfare as a prism, Religion and Welfare in Europe explores
regional conceptions and variations in welfare and religion across
Europe. Methodological approaches to research and practice draw
thematic comparisons on these issues using case studies focused on
gendered and minority perspectives as they relate to the varied
provision of social welfare in selected European countries.
Contributors offer comparative insights on majority-minority
relations concerning practices, patterns and mechanisms of social
welfare provision, explaining how these lead to conflict, cohesion
or - as is so often the case - the grey area in between. The book
will be of interest not only to religion and social policy
researchers, but to welfare practitioners and policy advisors with
a particular interest in the interaction between religion, social
welfare, minorities and gender.
Religion and welfare in Europe compares regional conceptions and
variations of welfare in relation to national religious traditions
across key parts of Europe. Using comparative case studies focusing
on gender and minority perspectives, the book examines the
transition from research to practical policy recommendations,
highlighting the similarities and differences between selected
European countries.
|
|