Social Identities Between the Sacred and the SecularAbby Day, Giselle Vincett, Christopher R. Cotter Focusing on the important relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', this book demonstrates that it is not paradoxical to think in terms of both secular and sacred or neither, in different times and places. International experts from a range of disciplinary perspectives draw on local, national, and international contexts to provide a fresh analytical approach to understanding these two contested poles. Exploring such phenomena at an individual, institutional, or theoretical level, each chapter contributes to the central message of the book - that the ’in between’ is real, embodied and experienced every day and informs, and is informed by, intersecting social identities. Social Identities between the Sacred and the Secular provides an essential resource for continued research into these concepts, challenging us to re-think where the boundaries of sacred and secular lie and what may lie between. |
Contents
Sartorially Sacred or Fashion Faux Pas? Visual Interpretations of Modesty | |
Towards a Heterotopology of Hospital Chaplaincy | |
Believing in Belonging | |
How Nepalis in Britain Deal with Religion | |
Negotiating PostChristian Selfhoods within the Liberal Sphere | |
How Young People | |
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