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Religion, Identity and Change : Perspectives on Global Transformations.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351904872
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion, Identity and ChangeDDC classification:
  • 306.6/0941
LOC classification:
  • 2003048199
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction - Ambiguous Attachments: Religion, Identity and Nation -- 2 Losing Our Space, Finding Our Place? The Changing Identity of the English Parish Church -- 3 The Changing Identity of Catholics in England -- 4 Identity and the Anglican Priesthood: Debates on the Ordination of Women and Homosexuals in Sociological Perspective -- 5 Religion, Identity and Change in Contemporary Wales -- 6 Unfinished Business - Devolving Scotland/Devolving Religion -- 7 Time, Place and Mormon Sense of Self -- 8 American-led Urban Revivals as Ethnic Identity Arenas in Britain -- 9 Protestant Women - Protesting Faith: Tangling Secular and Religious Identity in Northern Ireland -- 10 Islam, Identity and Globalisation: Reflections in the Wake of 11 September 2001 -- 11 'I'm a Gujarati Lohana and a Vaishnav as Well': Religious Identity Formation among Young Coventrian Punjabis and Gujaratis -- 12 Kinship Identity and Nonformative Spiritual Seekership -- Index.
Summary: This book addresses the need for a reassessment of issues relating to identity in the light of current transformations in society as a whole and religion in particular. Drawing together case-studies from many different expressions of faith and belief, leading scholars ask how contemporary religions or spiritualities respond to the challenge of forming individual and collective identities in a nation context.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction - Ambiguous Attachments: Religion, Identity and Nation -- 2 Losing Our Space, Finding Our Place? The Changing Identity of the English Parish Church -- 3 The Changing Identity of Catholics in England -- 4 Identity and the Anglican Priesthood: Debates on the Ordination of Women and Homosexuals in Sociological Perspective -- 5 Religion, Identity and Change in Contemporary Wales -- 6 Unfinished Business - Devolving Scotland/Devolving Religion -- 7 Time, Place and Mormon Sense of Self -- 8 American-led Urban Revivals as Ethnic Identity Arenas in Britain -- 9 Protestant Women - Protesting Faith: Tangling Secular and Religious Identity in Northern Ireland -- 10 Islam, Identity and Globalisation: Reflections in the Wake of 11 September 2001 -- 11 'I'm a Gujarati Lohana and a Vaishnav as Well': Religious Identity Formation among Young Coventrian Punjabis and Gujaratis -- 12 Kinship Identity and Nonformative Spiritual Seekership -- Index.

This book addresses the need for a reassessment of issues relating to identity in the light of current transformations in society as a whole and religion in particular. Drawing together case-studies from many different expressions of faith and belief, leading scholars ask how contemporary religions or spiritualities respond to the challenge of forming individual and collective identities in a nation context.

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