Contemporary Religiosities

Contemporary Religiosities
Author: Bruce Kapferer
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0857455346


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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, this essential collection is designed to advance a critical understanding of social and personal religious experience in today's world.


Contemporary Religiosities
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Bruce Kapferer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-29 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Vincent Goossaert
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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