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Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere
Inger . Ed(S): Furseth
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Description for Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere
Hardback. Editor(s): Furseth, Inger. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HR; HRAM; HRAM2; JP; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book is an empirical comparative study of the complexity of religion in the public spheres of the five Nordic countries. The result of a five-year collaborative research project, the work examines how increasingly religiously diverse Nordic societies regulate, debate, and negotiate religion in the state, the polity, the media, and civil society. The project finds that there are seemingly contradictory religious trends at different social levels: a growing secularization at the individual level, and a deprivatization of religion in politics, the media, and civil society. It offers a critique of the current theories of secularization and the return of ... Read more
This book is an empirical comparative study of the complexity of religion in the public spheres of the five Nordic countries. The result of a five-year collaborative research project, the work examines how increasingly religiously diverse Nordic societies regulate, debate, and negotiate religion in the state, the polity, the media, and civil society. The project finds that there are seemingly contradictory religious trends at different social levels: a growing secularization at the individual level, and a deprivatization of religion in politics, the media, and civil society. It offers a critique of the current theories of secularization and the return of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319556772
SKU
V9783319556772
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About Inger . Ed(S): Furseth
Inger Furseth is Professor of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway, and adjunct professor at KIFO Centre for Church Research, Norway. Some of her books include A Comparative Study of Social and Religious Movements in Norway, 1780s-1905 (2002), From Quest for Truth to Being Oneself (2006), and An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion (2006, co-author). She was ... Read more
Reviews for Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere
“The book’s main target audience is probably international scholars with an interest in the Nordic situation, but it will also be suitable for Nordic scholars and students … . the book will surely be a reference work for years to come.” (Andreas Häger, Temenos, Issue 1, 2019)