Religion and politics : European and global perspectives /
Combining theoretical and empirical research, these 12 essays examine the role of religion and its prospects in Europe. On the one hand, the volume discusses growing Islamic presence in Europe as a reminder of enduring religious pluralism, not least in view of the high prominence given to Islamic ex...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2014]
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| Series: | Annual of European and global studies.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt9qdqqh |
| Summary: | Combining theoretical and empirical research, these 12 essays examine the role of religion and its prospects in Europe. On the one hand, the volume discusses growing Islamic presence in Europe as a reminder of enduring religious pluralism, not least in view of the high prominence given to Islamic experience in arguments against over-generalised notions of secularisation. On the other hand, it explores the question of Christian motivated extremism and religious nationalism. Against this background, the contributors discuss the role of religion in other countries throughout the worldincluding China, Japan, Russia and the MENA region. Debates on religion and politics have, to a high degree, focused on contrasts between Europe and other parts of the world; the long-established assumption that modern societies are on a secularising path seemed have a stronger claim to validity in Europe than elsewhere. This book shows that, if European modernity does represent an exit from religion, this historical process and its implications are still very imperfectly understood. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume is a collection of articles in memory of the late Willfried Spohn." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1306819881 9781306819886 9780748691746 074869174X 9780748691739 0748691731 |