- Table View
- List View
Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule (Religion In Chinese Societies Ser. #1)
by Fenggang YangReligion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last three decades, however, religion has survived and thrived even as China remains under Communist rule. Christianity ranks among the fastest-growing religions in the country, and many Buddhist and Daoist temples have been restored. The state even sponsors large Buddhist gatherings and ceremonies to venerate Confucius and the legendary ancestors of the Chinese people. On the other hand, quasi-religious qigong practices, once ubiquitous, are now rare. All the while, authorities have carried out waves of atheist propaganda, anti-superstition campaigns, severe crackdowns on the underground Christian churches and various ''evil cults.'' How do we explain religion in China today? How did religion survive the eradication measures in the 1960s and 1970s? How do various religious groups manage to revive despite strict regulations? Why have some religions grown fast in the reform era? Why have some forms of spirituality gone through dramatic turns? In Religion in China, Fenggang Yang provides a comprehensive overview of the religious change in China under Communism.
Religion, National Identity, and Confessional Politics in Lebanon: The Challenge of Islamism (Middle East in Focus)
by R. RabilAgainst a background of weak and contested national identity and capricious interaction between religious affiliation and confessional politics, this book illustrates in detailed analysis this "comprehensive" project of Islamism according to its ideological and practical evolutionary change.
Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains: From the Straits Settlements to Singapore (ARI - Springer Asia Series #1)
by Vineeta SinhaThe historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize ‘religion-state’ relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore. The core research problematic of this project has emerged out of the confluence of two domains, ‘religion, law and bureaucracy’ and ‘religion and colonial encounters.’ This work has two core objectives: one, to articulate the actual points of engagement between institutions of religion and the state, and two, to identify the various processes, mechanisms and strategies through which relations across these spheres are sustained. The thematic foundations of this book rest on disentangling the complex interactions between religious communities, individuals and the various manifestations of the Singapore state, relationships that are framed within a culture of bureaucracy. This is accomplished through a scrutiny of Hindu domains on the island nation-state, from her identity as part of the Straits Settlements to the present day. The empirical and analytical emphases of this book rest on the author's engagement with the realm of Hinduism as it is conceived, structured, framed and practiced within the context of a strong state in Singapore today. Ethnographically,the book focusses on Hindu temple management and the observance of Hindu festivals and processions, enacted within administrative and bureaucratic frames.
Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement (Praeger Security International)
by Douglas M. JohnstonThis book describes how the United States can integrate religious considerations into its foreign policy, moving towards a new leadership paradigm that effectively counters the challenge of Islamist extremism.How should the United States deal with the jihadist challenge and other religious imperatives that permeate today's geopolitical landscape? Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement argues that what is required is a longer-term strategy of cultural engagement, backed by a deeper understanding of how others view the world and what is important to them. The means by which that can be accomplished are the subject of this book.This work achieves three important goals. It shows how religious considerations can be incorporated into the practice of U.S. foreign policy; offers a successor to the rational-actor model of decision-making that has heretofore excluded "irrational" factors like religion; and suggests a new paradigm for U.S. leadership in anticipation of tomorrow's multipolar world. In describing how the United States should realign itself to deal more effectively with the causal factors that underlying religious extremism, this innovative treatise explains how existing capabilities can be redirected to respond to the challenge and identifies additional capabilities that will be needed to complete the task.
Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement (Praeger Security International)
by Douglas M. JohnstonThis book describes how the United States can integrate religious considerations into its foreign policy, moving towards a new leadership paradigm that effectively counters the challenge of Islamist extremism.How should the United States deal with the jihadist challenge and other religious imperatives that permeate today's geopolitical landscape? Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement argues that what is required is a longer-term strategy of cultural engagement, backed by a deeper understanding of how others view the world and what is important to them. The means by which that can be accomplished are the subject of this book.This work achieves three important goals. It shows how religious considerations can be incorporated into the practice of U.S. foreign policy; offers a successor to the rational-actor model of decision-making that has heretofore excluded "irrational" factors like religion; and suggests a new paradigm for U.S. leadership in anticipation of tomorrow's multipolar world. In describing how the United States should realign itself to deal more effectively with the causal factors that underlying religious extremism, this innovative treatise explains how existing capabilities can be redirected to respond to the challenge and identifies additional capabilities that will be needed to complete the task.
Religionen erforschen: Kulturwissenschaftliche Methoden in der Religionswissenschaft
by Stefan Kurth Karsten LehmannDas Studienbuch bietet einen aktuellen und praxisbezogenen Einblick in das Spektrum der Forschungsmethoden, die in der historisch orientierten und gegenwartsbezogenen Religionswissenschaft zum Einsatz kommen. Die Beiträge der 11 Autorinnen und Autoren bieten Studierenden somit eine erste Orientierung für eigene Forschung.
Religionen verstehen: Zur Aktualität von Max Webers Religionssoziologie (Studien zum Weber-Paradigma)
by Agathe BienfaitZiel des Sammelbands ist es, die Relevanz von Webers Religionssoziologie für den aktuellen Diskurs herauszuarbeiten und gegenüber anderen religionssoziologischen Konzepten zu positionieren. Diesem Zweck dienen einerseits die begrifflich-theoretischen Überlegungen zu Webers Ansatz, andererseits die Anwendung seiner Herangehensweise auf verschiedene Formen moderner Religiosität.
Religionssoziologie: Eine Einführung in zentrale Themenbereiche
by Gert PickelIm Rahmen des „cultural turn“ der Sozialwissenschaften hat sich die Religionssoziologie wieder zu einem nachgefragten Interessengebiet der Soziologie entwickelt. So werden vermehrt Fragen nach der Vitalität und der politischen Bedeutung von Religionen gestellt. Neben der Soziologie treffen religionssoziologische Analysen gerade in der (praktischen) Theologie, der Religionswissenschaft, der Kulturwissenschaft und der Politikwissenschaft auf Interesse. Der vorliegenden Band soll die zentralen theoretischen Grundprämissen der Religionssoziologie (Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx u.a.) sowie Kenntnisse über die neueren theoretischen Auseinandersetzungen der modernen Religionssoziologie (Säkularisierung, Individualisierung, Pluralisierung) vermitteln. Daneben werden verschiedene, derzeit in der Diskussion befindliche Kernfragen der modernen Religionssoziologie aufgegriffen (Zivilreligion, Globalisierung). Die Einführung wendet sich sowohl an Studierende als auch Doktoranden der oben genannten Fachbereiche.
Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes]
by Bloomsbury PublishingThis two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe.Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work.Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.
Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship: The View from Below
by V. Geetha Nalini RajanThis book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste as the central analytical categories, these essays suggest that equality and justice rest on the strength and vitality of the exchanges between the worlds of the civic, the religious and the state, and not on their strict separation. Going beyond time-honoured dualities — between the secular and the communal (especially in the Indian context), or the secular and the pre-modern — the book joins the lively debates on secularism that have emerged in the 21st century in West, South and South-east Asia.
Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship: The View from Below
by V. Geetha Nalini RajanThis book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste as the central analytical categories, these essays suggest that equality and justice rest on the strength and vitality of the exchanges between the worlds of the civic, the religious and the state, and not on their strict separation. Going beyond time-honoured dualities — between the secular and the communal (especially in the Indian context), or the secular and the pre-modern — the book joins the lively debates on secularism that have emerged in the 21st century in West, South and South-east Asia.
Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings (Perspectives on Gender)
by Carole Joffe Jennifer ReichA collection of essays, framed with original introductions, Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings helps students to think critically about reproduction as a social phenomenon. Divided into six rich and varied sections, this book offers students and instructors a broad overview of the social meanings of reproduction and offers opportunities to explore significant questions of how resources are allocated, individuals are regulated, and how very much is at stake as people and communities aim to determine their own family size and reproductive experiences. This is an ideal core text for courses on reproduction, sexuality, gender, the family, and public health.
Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings (Perspectives on Gender)
by Carole Joffe Jennifer ReichA collection of essays, framed with original introductions, Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings helps students to think critically about reproduction as a social phenomenon. Divided into six rich and varied sections, this book offers students and instructors a broad overview of the social meanings of reproduction and offers opportunities to explore significant questions of how resources are allocated, individuals are regulated, and how very much is at stake as people and communities aim to determine their own family size and reproductive experiences. This is an ideal core text for courses on reproduction, sexuality, gender, the family, and public health.
Reproduktion von Ungleichheit durch Arbeit und Familie (Sozialstrukturanalyse)
by Peter A. Berger Karsten Hank Angelika TölkeEine wesentliche Erkenntnis der Ungleichheitsforschung bezieht sich darauf, dass bei der Analyse sozialer Ungleichheit nicht das einzelne Individuum, sondern auch der Haushalt und die Familie in den Blick genommen werden müssen. Familien sind mächtige Instanzen lebenslanger intergenerationaler Solidarität. Die sozialen Netzwerke einzelner Familienmitglieder stellen soziales Kapital auch für alle anderen Familienmitglieder dar; Bildung, Einkommen und Status der Eltern sind wesentliche Ressourcen für die Kinder. Diejenigen, die bereits in ihrer Kindheit und Jugend bessere individuelle Startpositionen hatten, sind auch im Erwachsenenalter im Vorteil. Diejenigen, die Kinder haben, verfügen in höherem Alter über Unterstützungsressourcen. All diesen gesellschaftlich erwünschten Transfers, Ressourcen und der Familiensolidarität stehen jedoch – zumindest potenziell – unerwünschte Folgen für die Sozialstruktur, für die Reproduktion und möglicherweise Zunahme gesamtgesellschaftlicher Ungleichheit gegenüber. Der vorliegende Band möchte einen Beitrag zur Klärung zumindest einiger in diesem Zusammenhang relevanter Fragestellungen leisten.
Requirements Engineering: 17th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2011, Essen, Germany, March 28-30, 2011. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #6606)
by Daniel M. Berry Xavier FranchThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2011, held in Essen, Germany, in March 2011. The 10 revised full papers and the 9 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers are organized in seven topical sections on security and sustainability; process improvement and requirements in context; elicitation; models; services; embedded and real-time systems; and prioritization and traceability.
Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development #25)
by Abraham B. Shani Debra A. Noumair2017 marks the silver anniversary of the Research in Organizational Change and Development series, founded in 1987 by Dick Woodman and Bill Pasmore, and currently edited by Rami Shani and Debra Noumair. This volume includes contributions from authors who have published in the first few volumes, contributions that examine the impact of the research published in the series on OD&C research, theoretical developments and practice. Highlights include contributions from Bill Pasmore and Dick Woodman as well as David Coghlan that focus on the essence and impact of the research reported in the last 24 volumes and possible research trajectories; Philip Mirvis and Mitchell Marks- the second recipients of the Pasmore-Woodman award (AOM 2016) on the highs and lows of co-researching; David Cooperrider on the evolution of Appreciative Inquiry since the foundation manuscript was published in ROCD Volume 1 (1987); Todd Jick & Kinthi Sturtevant who take stock of 30 years of change management, asking questions of and about its future and; Marvin Weisbord’s reflection on forty years of being a scholarly-practitioner in the field.
Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development #26)
by Debra A. Noumair Abraham B. ShaniThis volume provides new conceptual insights, robust empirical studies, and thought-provoking chapters to help organizations improve health and wellbeing in society. Some chapters do this by addressing macro-level change: for example, consulting at the eco-system level and discussing the challenges entailed in developing intervention capabilities to impact highly interdependent eco-systems; or discussing the learning and experience of a large system transformation project conducted at a national level that had an impact on societal health and wellbeing. Other chapters extend theory and integrate perspectives that heretofore have remained separate, such as the 2017 Pasmore-Woodman Award winners, who provide an overview of their collaborative attempts at intervening and making a difference in organization studies. The richness of the diverse collaborative contributions to this volume by leading scholars and scholar-practitioners from around the globe provide an enriching and emerging body of knowledge.
Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development #19)
by William A. Pasmore Richard W. Woodman Abraham B. ShaniThis volume includes papers by an international and diverse set of authors including Michael Beer, Victor Friedman, Luiz Gomez & Donna Ballard, Ethan Berstein & Frank Barrett, Karen Jansen & David Hoffman, Guido Maes & Geert Van Hootegem, and Tobias Fredberg, Flemming Norrgren & Rami Shani. The ideas expressed by these authors are as diverse as their backgrounds. New methodologies are introduced, such as the strategic fitness process for engaging leaders in better understanding the reactions of employees to strategic change efforts (Beer); Jazz as a metaphor for organizational improvisation (Bernstein & Barrett); and new theories for understanding change processes (Gomez & Ballard). The universal constant is change, and there are various ideas about sustaining change (Fredberg, Norrgren & Shani), mapping momentum changes during change efforts (Jansen & Hoffman), and exploring Lewin's notions of the criticality of social space to facilitate change (Friedman). This text demonstrates that as academics we advance the work in our field by looking forward and looking back. Understanding the origins of our theories and beliefs can be as important as pioneering new ideas and methodologies.
Researching Families and Relationships: Reflections on Process (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
by Caroline King Zhong Eric ChenThis collection focuses on the real life experiences of conducting emprical research about families and relationships, with an emphasis on the actualities of doing research and the experiences of being a researcher.
Researching the Future in Information Systems: IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, Future IS 2011, Turku, Finland, June 6-8, 2011, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #356)
by Mike Chiasson Ola Henfridsson Helena Karsten Janice I. DeGrossThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference "Researching the Future", Future IS 2011, held in Turku, Finland, in June 2011. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 4 panels and workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized into 6 topical sections: how the future and the past are connected and inter-related; critical view of the future; technological futures; the future of information technology and work-related practices in health care; the future of industrial and institutional practices and outcomes through information technology; and the future of critical realism in IS research.
Researching Young People's Lives (PDF)
by Rachel Brooks Sue Heath Eleanor Ireland Elizabeth CleaverResearching Young People's Lives provides an overview of some of the key methodological challenges facing youth researchers and an introduction to the broad repertoire of methods used in youth-orientated research.
Rethinking Family Practices (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
by D. MorganLeading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance.
Rethinking Secondary Education: A Human-Centred Approach
by Scherto Gill Garrett Thomson'This is a timely, accessible and engaging book of considerable intellectual stature, bold imagination and practical wisdom. Not only does it develop penetrating, elegant analyses of what is wrong with current state controlled and alternative approaches to contemporary education, it also offers imaginative, practical suggestions for a more fulfilling, human centred alternative.' Professor Michael Fielding, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. 'With great sensitivity and force, and in wonderfully clear prose, Scherto Gill and Garrett Thomson explore some fundamental questions about what we want from our education system and what we can expect from it. [...] It is highly recommended for all who are interested in education, whether from a more theoretical point of view or from a more practical point of view' Professor Adrian W. Moore, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK. Could we have a system of secondary education that provides alternatives to the current mainstream schooling and its emphasis on exams, learning outcomes and the delivery of a fixed curriculum? How could such a system focus on both human and educational values? How could secondary education combine the personal development of students with good academic standards? In response to these questions, Gill and Thomson have written a new, cutting-edge text aimed at all those involved in the study of education or teacher training. Rethinking Secondary Education explores, debates and critiques new and alternative approaches to teaching young people today. The book discusses a 'human-centred' approach to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the culture of schools and colleges. It is grounded in theory and empirical research, discussing the need for a curriculum for the future, bridging a gap between mainstream and alternative education. It also offers practical guidance on how these ideas can be put into practice, making it an ideal resource for trainee teachers, experienced practitioners and students of education alike. Key features of the text: A balanced approach, comparing and contrasting both traditional and alternative approaches to education Strong grounding in theory and research The inclusion of young people's perspectives and 'voices' on their education and on being an adolescent Links to practice - showing how the theory and research can actually be put into practice to bring about change
Rethinking Secondary Education: A Human-Centred Approach
by Scherto Gill Garrett Thomson'This is a timely, accessible and engaging book of considerable intellectual stature, bold imagination and practical wisdom. Not only does it develop penetrating, elegant analyses of what is wrong with current state controlled and alternative approaches to contemporary education, it also offers imaginative, practical suggestions for a more fulfilling, human centred alternative.' Professor Michael Fielding, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. 'With great sensitivity and force, and in wonderfully clear prose, Scherto Gill and Garrett Thomson explore some fundamental questions about what we want from our education system and what we can expect from it. [...] It is highly recommended for all who are interested in education, whether from a more theoretical point of view or from a more practical point of view' Professor Adrian W. Moore, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK. Could we have a system of secondary education that provides alternatives to the current mainstream schooling and its emphasis on exams, learning outcomes and the delivery of a fixed curriculum? How could such a system focus on both human and educational values? How could secondary education combine the personal development of students with good academic standards? In response to these questions, Gill and Thomson have written a new, cutting-edge text aimed at all those involved in the study of education or teacher training. Rethinking Secondary Education explores, debates and critiques new and alternative approaches to teaching young people today. The book discusses a 'human-centred' approach to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the culture of schools and colleges. It is grounded in theory and empirical research, discussing the need for a curriculum for the future, bridging a gap between mainstream and alternative education. It also offers practical guidance on how these ideas can be put into practice, making it an ideal resource for trainee teachers, experienced practitioners and students of education alike. Key features of the text: A balanced approach, comparing and contrasting both traditional and alternative approaches to education Strong grounding in theory and research The inclusion of young people's perspectives and 'voices' on their education and on being an adolescent Links to practice - showing how the theory and research can actually be put into practice to bring about change
Rethinking Secularism
by Craig CalhounThis collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world affairs. This so called ''resurgence'' of religion in the public sphere has elicited a wide array of responses, including vehement opposition to the very idea that religious reasons should ever have a right to expression in public political debate. The current global landscape forces scholars to reconsider not only once predominant understandings of secularization, but also the definition and implications of secular assumptions and secularist positions. The notion that there is no singular secularism, but rather a range of multiple secularisms, is one of many emerging efforts to reconceptualize the meanings of religion and the secular. Rethinking Secularism surveys these efforts and helps to reframe discussions of religion in the social sciences by drawing attention to the central issue of how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood. It provides valuable insight into how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.