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9781474419093: The Problem of Religious Diversity: European Challenges, Asian Approaches
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ISBN 10: 1474419097 ISBN 13: 9781474419093
Editorial: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Sinopsis

Religious diversity is one of the toughest challenges that today’s European societies face in their search for identity, equality and cohesion in an increasingly globalised world. This book engages critically with the different models and approaches for managing religion adopted in Europe, Asia and Oceania in order to seek answers to this pressing normative, conceptual and policy issue. A truly intercontinental volume, this collection brings together high level scholarship from renowned scholars and rising stars in the fields of political theory, Islamic studies, sociology and law.

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Professor Anna Triandafyllidou directs the Cultural Pluralism Research Area at the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. She is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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Could lessons from Asia, Oceania and the Middle East help Europe overcome the challenge of religious diversity?Religious diversity is one of the toughest challenges that today’s European societies face in their search for identity, equality and cohesion in an increasingly globalised world. This book engages critically with the different models and approaches for managing religion adopted in Europe, Asia and Oceania in order to seek answers to this pressing normative, conceptual and policy issue. A truly intercontinental volume, this collection brings together high level scholarship from renowned scholars and rising stars in the fields of political theory, Islamic studies, sociology and law.Key Features•Presents a de-centred perspective on the governance of religious diversity and on the study of secularism that has been dominated in the Anglophone literature by Euro- and West-centric analyses•Distinguishes secularism from atheism, as well as secularism from democracy (or authoritarianism) and explores alternative conceptions of the secular arising from the search for a civic basis of national unity or from a religious sense of nationhood•Discusses the relationship between national and religious identity in a context of increasing diversity both of ethnic and religious groups•Offers case studies covering Britain, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Israel, as well as several comparative European studies.Anna Triandafyllidou is Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. She is the editor of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is the co-founding editor of the international journal, Ethnicities.

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Editorial
Edinburgh University Press
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1474419097
ISBN 13 
9781474419093
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Número de páginas
352
Editor
Triandafyllidou Anna, Modood Tariq
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