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Like any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its
time. Shaped and forged over the course of the twentieth century,
it has reflected the interests and political situation of the world
at the time. As the twenty-first century unfolds, it is undergoing
a major transition along with religion itself. This volume
showcases new work and new approaches to religion which work across
boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline and region.
The influence of globalizing processes has been evident in social
and cultural networking by way of new media like the internet, in
the extensive power of global capitalism and in the increasing
influence of international bodies and legal instruments. Religion
has been changing and adapting too. This handbook offers fresh
insights on the dynamic reality of religion in global societies
today by underscoring transformations in eight key areas: Market
and Branding; Contemporary Ethics and Virtues; Intimate Identities;
Transnational Movements; Diasporic Communities; Responses to
Diversity; National Tensions; and Reflections on 'Religion'. These
themes demonstrate the handbook's new topics and approaches that
move beyond existing agendas. Bringing together scholars of all
ages and stages of career from around the world, the handbook
showcases the dynamism of religion in global societies. It is an
accessible introduction to new ways of approaching the study of
religion practically, theoretically and geographically.
This title was first published in 2001. 'An age of faith or an age
of doubt?'- the question has dominated study of Christianity in the
Victorian era. Reinventing Christianity offers a fresh analysis of
the vitality and variety of Christianity in Britain and America in
the Victorian era. Part One presents an overview of some of the
main varieties of Christianity in the west ranging from the
conservative - Protestant evangelicalism and 'fortress' Catholicism
- to the radical - Theosophy, Swedenborgianism and
Transcendentalism; Part Two reviews negotiations between
Christianity and the wider culture. The conclusion reflects on
general trends in the period, showing how many of these prefigured
later developments in religion. This book highlights the creativity
and diversity of 19th century Christianity, showing how
developments normally associated with the late 20th century - such
as the reassertion of tradition and the rise of feminist theology
and alternative spirituality - were already in train a century
before.
An optimistic and nuanced portrait of a generation that has much to
teach us about how to live and collaborate in our digital world.
Born since the mid-1990s, members of Generation Z comprise the
first generation never to know the world without the internet, and
the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into
adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about
them? And what can we learn from them? Gen Z, Explained is the
authoritative portrait of this significant generation. It draws on
extensive interviews that display this generation's candor, surveys
that explore their views and attitudes, and a vast database of
their astonishingly inventive lexicon to build a comprehensive
picture of their values, daily lives, and outlook. Gen Z emerges
here as an extraordinarily thoughtful, promising, and perceptive
generation that is sounding a warning to their elders about the
world around them-a warning of a complexity and depth the "OK
Boomer" phenomenon can only suggest. Much of the existing
literature about Gen Z has been highly judgmental. In contrast,
this book provides a deep and nuanced understanding of a generation
facing a future of enormous challenges, from climate change to
civil unrest. What's more, they are facing this future head-on,
relying on themselves and their peers to work collaboratively to
solve these problems. As Gen Z, Explained shows, this group of
young people is as compassionate and imaginative as any that has
come before, and understanding the way they tackle problems may
enable us to envision new kinds of solutions. This portrait of Gen
Z is ultimately an optimistic one, suggesting they have something
to teach all of us about how to live and thrive in this digital
world.
Born since the mid-1990s, Generation Z is the first generation
never to know the world without the internet, and it is the most
diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood
and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them? And
what can we learn from them? Gen Z, Explained is the authoritative
portrait of this significant generation. It draws on extensive
interviews that display this generation's candor, surveys that
explore their views and attitudes, and a vast database of their
astonishingly inventive lexicon to build a comprehensive picture of
their values, daily lives, and outlook. Gen Z emerges here as an
extraordinarily thoughtful, promising, and perceptive
generation-one that is sounding a warning to their elders about the
world around them of a complexity and depth the "OK, Boomer"
phenomenon could only suggest. Much of the existing literature
about Gen Z has been highly judgmental. In contrast, this book
provides a deep and nuanced understanding of a generation facing a
future of enormous challenges, from climate change to civil unrest.
What's more, they are facing this future head-on, relying on
themselves and their peers to work collaboratively to solve these
problems. As Gen Z, Explained shows, this group of young people is
as compassionate and imaginative as any that has come before, and
understanding the way they tackle issues may enable us to envision
new kinds of solutions. This portrait of Gen Z is ultimately an
optimistic one, suggesting they have something to teach all of us
about how to live and thrive in this digital world.
This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary
Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people's everyday
lives. It complements existing studies by focusing not on
mosque-going, activist Muslims, but on how people live out their
faith in schools, workplaces and homes, and in dealing with
problems of health, wellbeing and relationships. As well as
offering fresh empirical studies of everyday lived Islam, the book
offers a new approach which calls for the study of 'official'
religion and everyday 'tactical' religion in relation to one
another. It discusses what this involves, the methods it requires,
and how it relates to existing work in Islamic Studies.
This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary
Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people's everyday
lives. It complements existing studies by focusing not on
mosque-going, activist Muslims, but on how people live out their
faith in schools, workplaces and homes, and in dealing with
problems of health, wellbeing and relationships. As well as
offering fresh empirical studies of everyday lived Islam, the book
offers a new approach which calls for the study of 'official'
religion and everyday 'tactical' religion in relation to one
another. It discusses what this involves, the methods it requires,
and how it relates to existing work in Islamic Studies.
Prayer is a central aspect of religion. Even amongst those who have
abandoned organized religion levels of prayer remain high. Yet the
most basic questions remain unaddressed: What exactly is prayer?
How does it vary? Why do people pray and in what situations and
settings? Does prayer imply a god, and if so, what sort? A
Sociology of Prayer addresses these fundamental questions and opens
up important new debates. Drawing from religion, sociology of
religion, anthropology, and historical perspectives, the
contributors focus on prayer as a social as well as a personal
matter and situate prayer in the conditions of complex late modern
societies worldwide. Presenting fresh empirical data in relation to
original theorising, the volume also examines the material aspects
of prayer, including the objects, bodies, symbols, and spaces with
which it may be integrally connected.
Like any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its
time. Shaped and forged over the course of the twentieth century,
it has reflected the interests and political situation of the world
at the time. As the twenty-first century unfolds, it is undergoing
a major transition along with religion itself. This volume
showcases new work and new approaches to religion which work across
boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline and region.
The influence of globalizing processes has been evident in social
and cultural networking by way of new media like the internet, in
the extensive power of global capitalism and in the increasing
influence of international bodies and legal instruments. Religion
has been changing and adapting too. This handbook offers fresh
insights on the dynamic reality of religion in global societies
today by underscoring transformations in eight key areas: Market
and Branding; Contemporary Ethics and Virtues; Intimate Identities;
Transnational Movements; Diasporic Communities; Responses to
Diversity; National Tensions; and Reflections on 'Religion'. These
themes demonstrate the handbook's new topics and approaches that
move beyond existing agendas. Bringing together scholars of all
ages and stages of career from around the world, the handbook
showcases the dynamism of religion in global societies. It is an
accessible introduction to new ways of approaching the study of
religion practically, theoretically and geographically.
This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to
religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide
a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity
and change. They examine:
- relations between religious and secular beliefs and
institutions
- the evolving role and status of the churches
- the growth and settlement of non-Christian religious
communities
- the spread and diversification of alternative
spiritualities
- religion in welfare, education, media, politics and law
- theoretical perspectives on religious change.
The volume presents the latest research, including results from
the largest-ever research initiative on religion in Britain, the
AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme. Survey chapters are
combined with detailed case studies to give both breadth and depth
of coverage. The text is accompanied by relevant photographs and a
companion website.
This title was first published in 2001. 'An age of faith or an age
of doubt?'- the question has dominated study of Christianity in the
Victorian era. Reinventing Christianity offers a fresh analysis of
the vitality and variety of Christianity in Britain and America in
the Victorian era. Part One presents an overview of some of the
main varieties of Christianity in the west ranging from the
conservative - Protestant evangelicalism and 'fortress' Catholicism
- to the radical - Theosophy, Swedenborgianism and
Transcendentalism; Part Two reviews negotiations between
Christianity and the wider culture. The conclusion reflects on
general trends in the period, showing how many of these prefigured
later developments in religion. This book highlights the creativity
and diversity of 19th century Christianity, showing how
developments normally associated with the late 20th century - such
as the reassertion of tradition and the rise of feminist theology
and alternative spirituality - were already in train a century
before.
Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity * Secularization and de-secularization A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work. eBook available with sample pages: 0203206800
Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity * Secularization and de-secularization A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work.
Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations,
Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study
of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to
keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This
third edition contains new and upgraded pedagogic features,
including chapter summaries, key terms and definitions, and
questions for reflection and discussion. The first part of the book
considers the history and modern practices of the main religious
traditions of the world, while the second analyzes trends from
secularization to the rise of new spiritualities. Comprehensive and
fully international in coverage, it is accessibly written by
practicing and specialist teachers.
This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to
religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide
a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity
and change. They examine: relations between religious and secular
beliefs and institutions the evolving role and status of the
churches the growth and 'settlement' of non-Christian religious
communities the spread and diversification of alternative
spiritualities religion in welfare, education, media, politics and
law theoretical perspectives on religious change. The volume
presents the latest research, including results from the
largest-ever research initiative on religion in Britain, the
AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme. Survey chapters are
combined with detailed case studies to give both breadth and depth
of coverage. The text is accompanied by relevant photographs and a
companion website.
Religion in the contemporary west is undergoing rapid change. In
Predicting Religion twenty experts in the study of religion present
their predictions about the future of religion in the 21st century
- predictions based on careful analysis of the contemporary
religious scene from traditional forms of Christianity to new
spiritualities. The range of predictions is broad. A number predict
further secularization - with religion in the west seen as being in
a state of terminal decline. Others question this approach and
suggest that we are witnessing not decline but transformation
understood in different ways: a shift from theism to pantheism,
from outer to inner authority, from God to self-as-god, and above
all from religion to spirituality. This accessible book on the
contemporary religious scene offers students and scholars of the
sociology of religion and theology, as well as interested general
readers, fresh insights into the future of religion and
spirituality in the west. Published in association with the British
Sociological Association Study of Religion group, in the Ashgate
Religion and Theology in Interdisciplinary Perspective series.
Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations,
Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study
of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to
keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This
third edition contains new and upgraded pedagogic features,
including chapter summaries, key terms and definitions, and
questions for reflection and discussion. The first part of the book
considers the history and modern practices of the main religious
traditions of the world, while the second analyzes trends from
secularization to the rise of new spiritualities. Comprehensive and
fully international in coverage, it is accessibly written by
practicing and specialist teachers.
Prayer is a central aspect of religion. Even amongst those who have
abandoned organized religion levels of prayer remain high. Yet the
most basic questions remain unaddressed: What exactly is prayer?
How does it vary? Why do people pray and in what situations and
settings? Does prayer imply a god, and if so, what sort? A
Sociology of Prayer addresses these fundamental questions and opens
up important new debates. Drawing from religion, sociology of
religion, anthropology, and historical perspectives, the
contributors focus on prayer as a social as well as a personal
matter and situate prayer in the conditions of complex late modern
societies worldwide. Presenting fresh empirical data in relation to
original theorising, the volume also examines the material aspects
of prayer, including the objects, bodies, symbols, and spaces with
which it may be integrally connected.
The Church of England still seemed an essential part of
Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was
elected in 1979. The decades which followed saw a seismic shift in
the foundations of the C of E, leading to the loss of more than
half its members and much of its influence. In England today
`religion' has become a toxic brand, and Anglicanism something done
by other people. How did this happen? Is there any way back? This
`relentlessly honest' and surprisingly entertaining book tells the
dramatic and contentious story of the disappearance of the Church
of England from the centre of public life. The authors - religious
correspondent Andrew Brown and academic Linda Woodhead - watched
this closely, one from the inside and one from the outside. That
Was the Church, That Was shows what happened and explains why.
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Unknowing God (Paperback)
Nicholas Peter Harvey, Linda Woodhead
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Is the Church of England in terminal decline, as some have
forecast, or does it have a vigorous future? Reports of dwindling
congregations, and waning influence, contrast with stories of
motivated leadership, and solid growth. The Church Times decided it
was time to give the C of E a thorough medical. Thirty-five
specialists, including academics, researchers, parish priests,
missioners and commentators, were asked to take the Church's
temperature. They looked at its congregations, leadership,
governance and social influence. And then they were invited to
prescribe some remedies. Not everyone agreed, either about what is
wrong or what needs to be done, but a serious, and alarming
consensus has emerged - the patient does needs treatment, and it
needs it urgently.
This timely book aims to change the way we think about religion by
putting emotion back onto the agenda. It challenges a tendency to
over-emphasise rational aspects of religion, and rehabilitates its
embodied, visceral and affective dimensions. Against the view that
religious emotion is a purely private matter, it offers a new
framework which shows how religious emotions arise in the varied
interactions between human agents and religious communities, human
agents and objects of devotion, and communities and sacred symbols.
It presents parallels and contrasts between religious emotions in
European and American history, in other cultures, and in
contemporary western societies. By taking emotions seriously, A
Sociology of Religious Emotion sheds new light on the power of
religion to shape fundamental human orientations and motivations:
hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, loves and hatreds.
Although Religious Education (RE) is a legal requirement in UK
schools, it is an oft-neglected and misunderstood subject. It is
important to seriously re-think this key subject at this time of
low religious literacy and rising extremism, to protect communities
from the consequences of hatred and misunderstanding. This book
promotes a public discussion of what exactly is needed from a new
model of RE within our education system to benefit wider society.
In this edited collection, the chapters are diverse and
future-facing, informed by theory and practice and written by a
variety of key leading practitioners and emerging national leaders
in RE. It covers the most pressing and urgent issues for RE such as
hate speech, educational reform, and the weakening of moderate
religious institutions. Linking the chapters together with
recurring themes and joining passages, the editors create a flowing
and coherent discussion about the state of RE and offer choices and
routes for readers to consider in terms of its future course.
An Introduction to Christianity examines the key figures, events
and ideas of two thousand years of Christian history and places
them in context. It considers the religion in its material as well
as its spiritual dimensions and explores its interactions with
wider society such as money, politics, force, gender and the
family, and non-Christian cultures and societies. This Introduction
places particular focus on the ways in which Christianity has
understood, embodied and related to power. It shows how the
Church's longstanding love affair with 'higher power', both human
and divine, has been repeatedly challenged by alternative ideas of
of 'power from below', both sacred and secular. Finally, by
bringing the history of Christianity right up-to-date, this book
explores the ways in which churches of both North and South react
to the rise of modern democracy. Comprehensive and accessible, this
book will appeal to the student and general reader.
An Introduction to Christianity examines the key figures, events
and ideas of two thousand years of Christian history and places
them in context. It considers the religion in its material as well
as its spiritual dimensions and explores its interactions with
wider society such as money, politics, force, gender and the
family, and non-Christian cultures and societies. This Introduction
places particular focus on the ways in which Christianity has
understood, embodied and related to power. It shows how the
Church's longstanding love affair with 'higher power', both human
and divine, has been repeatedly challenged by alternative ideas of
of 'power from below', both sacred and secular. Finally, by
bringing the history of Christianity right up-to-date, this book
explores the ways in which churches of both North and South react
to the rise of modern democracy. Comprehensive and accessible, this
book will appeal to the student and general reader.
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