Social identities between the sacred and the secular
Abby Day (Editor), Giselle Vincett (Editor), Christopher R. Cotter (Editor)
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.
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9781409456773, 9781409470311, 9781409470328, 1409456773, 1409470318, 1409470326
827951486
Contents: Foreword, Grace Davie; Introduction: what lies between: exploring the depths of social identities between the sacred and the secular, Abby Day, Giselle Vincett and Christopher R. Cotter; Part I The Public Space: The religion-secular in international politics: the case of `religious; NGOs at the United Nations, Jeremy Carrette and Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud; Sartorially sacred or fashion faux pas? Visual interpretations of modesty online, Jane Cameron; Acute ambiguity: towards a heterotopology of hospital chaplaincy, Peter Collins. Part II The Social, Identity-Dominated Space: Euro-American ethnic and natal Christians: believing in belonging, Abby Day; Multiple versus unitary belonging: how Nepalis in Britain deal with `religion’, David N. Gellner and Sondra L. Hausner; Queer Quakers: negotiating post-Christian selfhoods within the liberal sphere, Sally R. Munt; `I’ve been christened, but I don’t really believe in it’: how young people articulate their (non-)religious identities and perceptions on (non-)belief, Elizabeth Arweck; Betwixt and between: a Canadian perspective on the challenges of researching the spiritual but not religious, Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer. Part III The Methodological Space: The secular sacred: in-between or both/and?, Kim Knott; The sounds of silence: searching for the religious in everyday discourse, Martin D. Stringer; Researching the non-religious: methods and methodological issues, challenges and controversies, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Tristram Hooley, Nicki Moore, Kingsley Purdam and Paul Weller; Mapping `religion’ - or `something, I don’t know’? Methodological challenges exploring young peoples’ relations with `religion’, Anders Sjöborg; Afterword, N.J. Demerath; Bibliography; Index.