Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, and Identity

Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, and Identity
Title Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, and Identity PDF eBook
Author Douglas J. Davies
Publisher MDPI
Pages 205
Release 2018-07-05
Genre Education
ISBN 3038424668

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, and Identity" that was published in Religions

Religion and the Individual

Religion and the Individual
Title Religion and the Individual PDF eBook
Author Abby Day
Publisher Routledge
Pages 237
Release 2016-04-08
Genre Religion
ISBN 1317067800

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What does religion mean to the individual? How are people religious and what do their beliefs, practices and identities mean to them? The individual's place within studies of religion has tended to be overlooked recently in favour of macro analyses. Religion and the Individual draws together authors from around the world to explore belief, practice and identity. Using original case studies and other work firmly placed in the empirical, contributors discuss what religious belief means to the individual. They examine how people embody what religion means to them through practice, considering the different meanings that people attach to religion and the social expressions of their personal understandings and the ways in which religion shapes how people see themselves in relation to others. This work is cross-cultural, with contributions from Asia, Europe and North America.

Religion and the Individual

Religion and the Individual
Title Religion and the Individual PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 196
Release 2017
Genre Experience (Religion)
ISBN 9783038424673

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Handbook on Religion and International Relations

Handbook on Religion and International Relations
Title Handbook on Religion and International Relations PDF eBook
Author Haynes, Jeffrey
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages 400
Release 2021-07-31
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1839100249

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This comprehensive Handbook examines the relationship between religion and international relations, mainly focusing on several world religions – Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism. Providing a timely update on this understudied topic, it evaluates how this complex relationship has evolved over the last four decades, looking at a variety of political contexts, regions and countries.

Being Catholic in the Contemporary Philippines

Being Catholic in the Contemporary Philippines
Title Being Catholic in the Contemporary Philippines PDF eBook
Author Jayeel Serrano Cornelio
Publisher Routledge
Pages 232
Release 2016-06-23
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1317621964

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This book, based on extensive original research, examines the nature of Catholicism in the contemporary Philippines. It shows how Catholicism is apparently flourishing, with good attendance at Sunday Masses, impressive religious processions and flourishing charismatic groups, and with interventions by the Catholic hierarchy in national and local politics. However, focusing in particular on the beliefs and practices of young people, the book shows that young people are often adopting a different, more individualised approach to Catholicism, which is frequently out of step with the official position. It considers the features of this: a more personal and experiential relationship with God; a new approach to morality, in which right living is seen as more important than right believing; and a critical view of what is seen as the Catholic hierarchy's misguidedness. The book argues that this reinterpreting of religion by young people has the potential to alter fundamentally the nature of Catholicism in the Philippines, but that, nevertheless, young people's new approach involves a solid, enduring commitment and a strong view of their own Catholic, religious identity.

Chinese Religions Going Global

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

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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.

Researching Female Faith

Researching Female Faith
Title Researching Female Faith PDF eBook
Author Nicola Slee
Publisher Routledge
Pages 240
Release 2017-11-09
Genre Religion
ISBN 1351734121

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Religious and spiritual engagement has undergone multiple significant changes in recent decades. Researching Female Faith is a collection of essays based on recent and original field research conducted by the contributors, and informed by a variety of theoretical perspectives, into the faith lives of women and girls – broadly from within a Christian context. Essays describe and recount original qualitative research that identifies, illuminates and enhances our understanding of key aspects of women’s and girls’ faith lives. Offered as a contribution to feminist practical and pastoral theology, the essays arise out of and feed back into a range of mainly UK pastoral and practical contexts. While the essays in this volume will contribute to an enhanced appreciation and analysis of female faith, the core focus is on feminist qualitative research methods and methodology. Thus, they demystify and illuminate the process of research, including features of research which are frequently under-examined. The book is a first in bringing together a specific focus on feminist qualitative research methodology with the study of female faith lives. It will therefore be of great interest to students, academics and practitioners with interests in faith and gender in theology, religious studies and sociology.