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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Irene Becci , Marian Burchardt , Jose CasanovaPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 17 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.100kg ISBN: 9789004248878ISBN 10: 9004248870 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 14 March 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAu total, le livre se revele fort interessant, autant par la demarche theorique desireuse de reevaluer la place des faits religieux dans les grandes metropoles mondiales, que par les analyses de cas precises. - Frederic Dejean, Universite de Montreal, France. Religion has always been a part of city life and urban spaces, and one has always influenced another. What makes Topographies of Faith a valuable and insightful volume is also the underlying question of how this influence can be aimed at community building and integration. The recognition of religious communities as part and parcel of the urban environment may be a key factor in understanding future global cities. Marta Kolodziejska, University of Warsaw, Religion, 44:4 Religion has always been a part of city life and urban spaces, and one has always influenced another. What makes Topographies of Faith a valuable and insightful volume is also the underlying question of how this influence can be aimed at community building and integration. The recognition of religious communities as part and parcel of the urban environment may be a key factor in understanding future global cities. Marta Kolodziejska, University of Warsaw, Religion, 44:4 Au total, le livre se revele fort interessant, autant par la demarche theorique desireuse de reevaluer la place des faits religieux dans les grandes metropoles mondiales, que par les analyses de cas precises. - Frederic Dejean, Universite de Montreal, France. Author InformationIrene Becci, Ph.D. (1973), University of Lausanne, is Assistant Professor of New Spiritualities at the Institute for the Social Scientific Study of Contemporary Religion. She has published Imprisoned Religion (Ashgate, 2012) and numerous articles on religion in post-socialist Germany, Italy and in Switzerland. Marian Burchardt, Ph.D. (1975) is research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Goettingen. His work on religious dynamics in Africa and Europe appeared in Sociology of Religion, Comparative Sociology, Oxford Development Studies, and in the Journal of Religion in Europe. Jose Casanova Ph.D. (1951) is a professor at the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, and heads the Berkley Center's Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular. He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field. Contributors include: Irene Becci, Synnove Bendixsen, Marian Burchardt, Jose Casanova, Murat Es, Ajay Gandhi, Weishang Huang, Godwin Onuoha, Samadia Sadouni, Peter van der Veer, and Leilah Vevaina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |