Melissa Wilcox

Religion in Today's World (eBook, PDF)

Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Religion is a major force in contemporary society. It is also one of the least understood social and political influences on individuals and communities. In this innovative collection of original essays and classic readings, experts explore the significance of contemporary religiosity: as a source of meaning and motivation, how it unites and divides us, and how it is used politically and culturally. Readers will be introduced to the broad debates in ways that will equip them to analyze, discuss, and make their own judgments about religion and society. This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding religion as a central source of meaning and politics, and is ideally suited for undergraduate teaching on religion and social issues and from a global perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317796640
• Artikelnr.: 40299520

Autorenporträt

Melissa M. Wilcox is Associate Professor and Chair of Religion, and Director of Gender Studies at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. She has been teaching courses on the sociology of religion for over ten years, and is the author or co-editor of three other books focusing on religion, sexuality, and gender.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: What is Religion? Essay: "Tilting at Windmills: Defining and
Predicting Religion" 1. Asad, Talal. 1993. "The Construction of Religion as
an Anthropological Category." From Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and
Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam 2. McGuire, Meredith B. 2008.
"Contested Meanings and Definitional Boundaries: Historicizing the
Sociology of Religion." From Lived Religion: Faith and Practice in Everyday
Life, 3. Berger, Peter L. 1967. Selections from The Sacred Canopy: Elements
of a Sociological Theory of Religion 3. Warner, R. Stephen. 1993.
Selections from "Work in Progress Toward a New Paradigm for the
Sociological Study of Religion in the United States." 4. Berger, Peter L.
1999. "The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview." In Peter L.
Berger, ed. The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World
Politics 5. Bruce, Steve. 2001. "The Curious Case of the Unnecessary
Recantation: Berger and Secularization." In Linda Woodhead, ed. 6. Heelas,
Paul and Linda Woodhead. 2005. Selections from "Bringing the Sacred to
Life: Explaining Sacralization and Secularization." From The Spiritual
Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality Section 2: Religion
and Social Institutions Essay: "Religion, State, and Nation" 7. Ashiwa,
Yoshiko. 2009. "Positioning Religion in Modernity: State and Buddhism in
China." In Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. Wank, eds. 8. Hann, Chris and
Mathijs Pelkmans. 2009. "Realigning Religion and Power in Central Asia:
Islam, Nation-State and (Post)Socialism." 9. Bellah, Robert N. 1967. "Civil
Religion in America." 10. Long, Charles H. 1995. "Civil Rights-Civil
Religion: Visible People and Invisible People." From Significations: Signs,
Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion, 11. Juergensmeyer,
Mark. 2008. "The Militant Christian Right in the United States." From
Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian
Militias to al Qaeda 12. Skya, Walter A. 2009. "Conclusion." From Japan's
Holy War: The Ideology of Radical Shinto Ultranationalism Section 3:
Religion and Social Power Essay: "Religion, Oppression, and Resistance" 13.
Marx, Karl. [1844] 1986. Introduction, Contribution to the Critique of
Hegel's Philosophy of Law. 14. Du Bois, W.E.B. [1903] 1995. "Of Our
Spiritual Strivings" and "Of the Faith of the Fathers." From The Souls of
Black Folk, ed. Randal Kenan 15. Medina, Lara. 2006. "Nepantla
Spirituality: Negotiating Multiple Religious Identities among U.S.
Latinas." In Miguel A. de la Torre and Gastón Espinosa, eds., Rethinking
Latino(a) Religion and Identity 16. Brown, Karen McCarthy. 1991. Selections
from Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn 17. Mahmood, Saba. 2005.
"Agency, Gender, and Embodiment." From Politics of Piety: The Islamic
Revival and the Feminist Subject 18. Yip, Andrew K.T. 2005. "Queering
Religious Texts: An Exploration of British Non-heterosexual Christians' and
Muslims' Strategy of Constructing Sexuality-affirming Hermeneutics." 19.
Dzmura, Noach. 2010. "Intersexed Bodies in Mishnah: A Translation and an
Activist's Reading of Mishnah Androgynos" and "An Ancient Strategy for
Managing Gender Ambiguity." In Noach Dzmura, ed. Balancing on the Mechitza:
Transgender in the Jewish Community Section 4: Religion and Social
Movements Essay: "Changing Religions, Changing Worlds" 20. Jeung, Russell.
2007. "Faith-Based, Multi-Tenant Organizing: The Oak Park Story." In
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, ed. Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants
21. Campbell, David C. and Carin Robinson. 2007. "Religious Coalitions for
and Against Gay Marriage: The Culture War Rages On." In Craig A. Rimmerman
and Clyde Wilcox, eds. The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage 22. Smith, Lisa
Ann and Lori G. Beaman. 2010. "Displacing Religion, Disarming Law:
Situating Quaker Spirituality in the 'Trident Three' Case." 23. Shaffir,
William. 1995. "When Prophecy is Not Validated: Explaining the Unexpected
in a Messianic Campaign." The Jewish Journal of Sociology 37(2):119-136.
25. Urban, Hugh B. 2006. "The Age of Satan: Satanic Sex and the Black Mass,
from Fantasy to Reality." From Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, and Liberation
in Modern Western Esotericism Section 5: Religion, Local and Global Essay:
"Local and Global: Blurring the Boundaries" 26. Levitt, Peggy. 2007. "A New
Religious Architecture." From God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the
Changing American Religious Landscape 27. Akresh, Ilana Redstone. 2011.
"Immigrants' Religious Participation in the United States." 28. Bendixsen,
Synnøve. "Islam as a New Urban Identity? Young Female Muslims Creating a
Religious Youth Culture in Berlin." In Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Vivienne
S. M. Angeles, eds. Gender, Religion, and Migration: Pathways of
Integration 29. Nason-Clark, Nancy. 2009. "Christianity and the Experience
of Domestic Violence: What Does Faith Have to Do with It?" Social Work and
Christianity 30. Jacobs, Janet. 2011. "The Cross-Generational Transmission
of Trauma: Ritual and Emotion among Survivors of the Holocaust." 31.
Wessinger, Catherine L. 2000. "How the Millennium Comes Violently." From
How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate 32.
King, Richard. 2007. "The Association of 'Religion' with Violence:
Reflections on a Modern Trope." In John R. Hinnells and Richard King, eds.
Religion and Violence in South Asia: Theory and Practice