Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 4 (2013)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 4 (2013)
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004260498

Prayer is a phenomenon which seems to be characteristic not only of participants in every religion, but also men and women who do not identify with traditional religions. It can be practised even by those who do not believe either in a God or transcendent force. In this sense, therefore, we may assert that the prayer is a typically human activity that has accompanied the development of different civilizations over the course of the centuries. Both the material issues of concrete daily life as well as more symbolic elements expressed through words, gestures, body positions, and community celebration are brought together in the act of praying.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018)
Author: Solange Lefebvre
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004380078

Catholicism is generally over-institutionalized and over-centralized in comparison to other religions. However, it finds itself in an increasingly interrelated and globalized world and is therefore immersed in a great plurality of social realities. The Changing Faces of Catholicism assembles an international cast of contributors to explore the consequent decline of powerful Catholic organisations as well as to address the responses and resistance efforts that specific countries have taken to counteract the secularization crisis in both Europe and the Americas. It reveals some of the strategies of the Catholic Church as a whole, and of the Vatican centre in particular, to address problems of the global era through the dissemination of spiritually progressive writing, World Youth Days, and the transformation of Catholic education to become a forum for intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The volume also reflects on the adaptation of Catholic institutions and missions as sponsored by religious communities and monastic orders.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016)
Author: Roberto Cipriani
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004319301

Recent studies show that atheism is increasing. The reasons for this development have not as yet been examined thoroughly. Many atheists continue to be residual groups in surveys on religiosity, making it difficult to examine who they are and why they have chosen to be atheists. Moreover, they are minority groups in most countries (former Soviet bloc countries are left out of discussion); many do not identify with any organized groups of atheists or agnostics. Atheist groups and ideologies, then, represent a wide range of attitudes, behaviour and ways of acting towards religion. The lack of a clear definition of what being atheist (or an unbeliever) means today invites us to study the issue in greater depth. This volume represents a first attempt at understanding and scrutinizing atheism. Thanks to all contributors, it provides both a global perspective and specific insights into specific cases.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015)
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2015-09-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004302549

While the churches are emptying, other virtual religious places – as the religious websites – seem to be filling up. The researcher focusing on religion and internet or digital religion as an object of study must seek answers to a number of questions. Is computer-mediated religious communication a particular communication process whose object is what we conventionally call religion? Or is it a modern, independent form of religious expressiveness that finds its new-born status in the web and its particular language? To examine the questions above, and others, the book collects more empirical data, claiming that the Internet will have a specific or novel impact on how religious traditions are interpreted. The blurring of previous boundaries (offline/online, virtual/local, illegitimate/legitimate religion) is another theme common to all the contributions in this volume.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 14 (2023)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 14 (2023)
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-03-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004686258

This volume of the Annual Review for the Sociology of Religion adresses the challenges of the diversity and complexity of sociological approaches to Asian forms and dynamics of Asian or Asian-inpired ascetic ideas and practices. Eleven papers, written by scholars conducting researches in different geographic and cultural contexts, all contribute to enrich discussion on the relevance of sociological studies of Yoga, meditation and other ascetic techniques and traditions. Contributors are: Zuzana Bártová, Loïc Bawidamann, Jørn Borup, Sally SJ Brown, Ugo Dessì, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger, Marc Lebranchu, Patrick S.D. McCartney, Lionel Obadia, Matteo Di Placido, Alexandros Sakellariou, João Paulo P. Silveira, and Rafael Walthert.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 8 (2017)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 8 (2017)
Author: Michael Wilkinson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004344187

The intersection of religion, ritual, emotion, globalization, migration, sexuality, gender, race, and class, is especially insightful for researching Pentecostal notions of the body. Pentecostalism is well known for overt bodily expressions that includes kinesthetic worship with emotive music and sustained acts of prayer. Among Pentecostals there is considerable debate about bodies, the role of the Holy Spirit, possession of evil spirits, deliverance, exorcism, revival, and healing of bodies and emotions. Pentecostalism is identified as a religion on the move and so bodies are transformed in the context of globalization. Pentecostalism is also associated with notions of sexuality, gender, race and class where bodies are often liberated and limited. This volume evaluates these themes associated with contemporary research on the body.

Volume 10: Interreligious Dialogue

Volume 10: Interreligious Dialogue
Author: Giuseppe Giordan
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004401261

Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics discusses how interreligious dialogue takes place within, and is influenced by, important sociological categories. Starting from the study of interreligious sacred spaces, the book explores the patterns of interreligious governance and forms of interreligious social action.

Chinese Religions Going Global

Chinese Religions Going Global
Author: Nanlai Cao
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004443320

This volume explores Chinese religions on a global stage so as to challenge the traditional dichotomy of the western global and the Chinese local, and to add a new perspective for understanding religious modernity globally. Contributors from four different continents aim at applying a social scientific approach to systematically researching the globalization of Chinese religions.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 1 (2010)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 1 (2010)
Author: Giuseppe Giordan
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004193723

The purpose of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (ARSR) is to investigate the “new” role of religion in the contemporary world, which is characterized by cultural pluralism and religious individualism. It is the aim of the ARSR to combine different methods within the social scientific study of religion. The ARSR employs an interdisciplinary and comparative approach at an international level, to describe and interpret the complexity of religious phenomena within different geopolitical situations, highlighting similarities and discontinuities. Dealing with a single theme in each volume, the ARSR intends to tackle the relationship between the practices and the dynamics of everyday life and the different religions and spiritualities, within the framework of the post-secular society. This volume presents the religious and spiritual life of the young: an ever new and complex world which highlights the changes that are happening in the field of religion in general. With an outlook which is opened to various international contexts, its chapters offer a picture of the current situation between religion and the young, suggesting possible future trends.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 13 (2022)

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 13 (2022)
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2022-05-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004514333

This Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion contributes cases of encounters, diversities and distances to an emerging Jewish-Muslim Studies field. The scholarly essays address both discourses about and lived experiences of minorities in contemporary French, German and UK cities. The authors explore how particular modes of governance and secularism shape individual and collective identities while new technologies re-make interfaith encounters. This volume shows that Middle Eastern and North African pasts and presents weigh on European realities, examines how the pull of Jewish intellectual history is felt by a new generation of Muslim scholars and activists, and uncovers how Orthodox communities negotiate living side by side.