The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9781138606302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

John Fahy; Jan-Jonathan Bock

Opis

This volume explores the history and development of the interfaith movement by engaging with new theoretical perspectives and a diverse range of case studies from around the world, and challenges the longstanding academic division of labour that confines ‘religious’ and ‘social’ movements to separate spheres of inquiry.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Interfaith and Social Movement Theory  2. Interfaith Political Activism in the United States: Understanding Variation in the Cultural Challenges of Being and Doing Interfaith  3. Faith Embedded and Embodied: Interfaith Collaboration to Address Islamophobia in the United States  4. InterAction Australia: Countering the Politics of Fear with Netpeace  5. Making Space for Faith: Interfaith Initiatives in Denmark  6. Empowerment or Oligarchisation? Interfaith Governance of Religious Diversity in Two German Cities  7. Local Governance of Religious Diversity in Southern Europe: The Role of Interreligious Actors  8. Singapore's Interfaith Landscape: Harmonious Coexistence or Precarious Toleration  9. Beyond Normative Secularity: Politics of Interfaith Dialogue in Lebanon  10. Religious Discourse and Interreligious Impact in Egypt’s "Spring"  11. Transnational Interfaith Diplomacy: The Interfaith G8/G20 Shadow Summits  12. Epilogue: Understanding a Decentralised Social Movement