Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society

523 Pages·2021·7.976 MB·English

by  Jayeel Cornelio, François Gauthier, Tuomas Martikainen, Linda Woodhead

Routledge International
Handbook of Religion
in Global Society
Like any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its time. Shaped and forged over
the course of the twentieth century, it has reflected the interests and political situation of the
world at the time. As the twenty-first century unfolds, it is undergoing a major transition
along with religion itself. This volume showcases new work and new approaches to religion
which work across boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline and region.
The influence of globalizing processes has been evident in social and cultural networking
by way of new media like the internet, in the extensive power of global capitalism and in
the increasing influence of international bodies and legal instruments. Religion has been
changing and adapting too. This handbook offers fresh insights on the dynamic reality of
religion in global societies today by underscoring transformations in eight key areas: Market
and Branding; Contemporary Ethics and Virtues; Intimate Identities; Transnational Move-
ments; Diasporic Communities; Responses to Diversity; National Tensions; and Reflections
on ‘Religion’. These themes demonstrate the handbook’s new topics and approaches that
move beyond existing agendas.
Bringing together scholars of all ages and stages of career from around the world, the
handbook showcases the dynamism of religion in global societies. It is an accessible introduc-
tion to new ways of approaching the study of religion practically, theoretically and
geographically.
Jayeel Cornelio is Associate Professor and the Director of the Development Studies Pro-
gram at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.
François Gauthier is Professor of Religious Studies at the Social Sciences Department of
the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.
Tuomas Martikainen is the Director of the Migration Institute of Finland, Finland.
Linda Woodhead is Distinguished Professor of Religion and Society at Lancaster
University, UK.
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Handbook of Religion
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Edited by Jayeel Cornelio, François Gauthier,
Tuomas Martikainen and Linda Woodhead
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Contents
Listoftables x
Acknowledgments xi
Listofcontributors xii
Introduction:religioninglobalsocieties 1
LindaWoodhead,FrançoisGauthier,JayeelCornelioandTuomasMartikainen
PARTI
Marketandbranding 17
1 Christianchurches’responsestomarketization:comparinginstitutional
andnon-denominationaldiscourseandpractice 19
MarcusMoberg
2 ‘TheGreatestLeaderofAll’:thefacesofleadershipandChristianityin
contemporaryBrazil(1980s–2010s) 31
KarinaKosickiBellotti
3 JPCC:amegachurchbrandstoryinIndonesia 42
JeaneyYip,SusanAinsworthandChangYauHoon
4 Rebrandingthesoul:ritualsforthewell-mademaninmarketsociety 52
Anne-ChristineHornborg
PARTII
Contemporaryethicsandvalues 63
5 Theprosperityethic:theriseofthenewprosperitygospel 65
JayeelCornelioandErronMedina
6 IslamicethicsinMuslimEurasia:prosperitytheologyvs.renunciation? 77
AurélieBiard
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7 PublicmoralityandthetransformationofIslamicmediainIndonesia 95
ArieSetyaningrumPamungkas
8 Pious-modernsubjectivitiesinthePalestinianWestBank:identity
formationsandcontoursbetweentheindividualandthefamilial,
thelocalandtheglobal 105
FerialKhalifa
9 ‘Weareoverfed’:youngevangelicals,globalization,andsocialjustice 117
CatherineRivera
10 ‘Mediacosmologies’:theconvergenceandrenewalofindigenous
religiositiesincyberspace 129
LaurentJérôme
PARTIII
Intimateidentities 141
11 Saints,sinners,andsame-sexmarriages:ecclesiologicalidentityinthe
ChurchofEnglandandtheEvangelicalLutheranChurchofDenmark 143
KarenMarieLeth-Nissen
12 Whentwoworldscollide:AsianChristianLGBTQscomingout
toparents 155
JoyK.C.Tong,SamuelKang,PeterLeeandHyo-SeokLim
13 GenderpoliticsandeducationintheGülenMovement 166
DuygunGokturk
14 GlobalCatholicism,genderconversionandmasculinity 174
EsterGallo
PARTIV
Transnationalmovements 185
15 Pilgrimage,travelinggurusandtransnationalnetworks:thelay
meditationmovementincontemporaryChinesesocieties 187
Ngar-szeLau
16 Globalizationandasceticism:foreignasceticsonthethresholdofHindu
religiousorders 199
DanielaBevilacqua
17 Mayarevivalmovements:betweentransnationalityandauthenticity 212
ManéliFarahmand
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18 Defendingtraditionandconfrontingsecularity:theCatholicBuenPastor
Institute 226
EstebanRozoandHugoCárdenas
19 TheglobalizationoftheCatholicChurch:history,organization,
theology 234
IsaccoTurina
PARTV
Diasporiccommunities 245
20 Dialecticsbetweentransnationalismanddiaspora:theAhmadiyya
Muslimcommunity 247
KatrinLangewiesche
21 Transnationalreligiousmovement:theTurkishSüleymanlıinIndonesia 258
FirdausWajdi
22 YoungBuddhistsinAustralia:negotiatingtransnationalflows 268
KimLam
23 TheformationofglobalChineseChristianidentities 277
JoshuaDaoWeiSim
24 Churchasahomelandandhomeasaplaceofworship:the
transformationofreligiosityamongGeorgianmigrantsinParis 292
SophieZviadadze
PARTVI
Responsestodiversity 303
25 Interreligiousdialogueininternationalpolitics:fromthemarginsofthe
religiousfieldtothecentreofcivilsociety 305
KarstenLehmann
26 Faith,identityandpractices:thecurrentrefugeecrisisanditschallenges
toreligiousdiversityinSouthernEurope 315
VivianaPremazziandRobertaRicucci
27 Urbanpublicspaceandtheemergenceofinterdenominational
syncretism 326
PetervanGielleRuppe
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Contents
28 ‘Aslocalaspossible,asinternationalasnecessary’:investigatingtheplace
ofreligiousandfaith-basedactorsinthelocalizationoftheinternational
humanitariansystem 336
OliviaJ.Wilkinson
29 Religion,nationalidentityandforeignpolicy:thecaseofEastern
ChristiansandtheFrenchpoliticalimaginary 349
AlexisArtauddeLaFerrière
30 Religiousechoesinseculardialogues:globalglimpsesofpeacebuilding 362
XicoténcatlMartínezRuiz
31 Cityofgodsandgoods:exploringreligiouspluralisminthe
neoliberalcity 374
GinaLende(withBankoleTokunbo)
PARTVII
Nationaltensions 387
32 Islam,politics,andlegitimacy:theroleofSaudiArabiaintheriseof
SalafismandJihadism 389
Mohamed-AliAdraoui
33 Religionandnationalisminpost-Sovietspace:betweenstate,society
andnation 399
DenisBrylovandTetianaKalenychenko
34 Religion,nationalismandtransnationalismintheSouthCaucasus 410
AnsgarJödicke
35 Thesacredandthesecular-economic:across-countrycomparisonofthe
regulationoftheeconomicactivitiesofreligiousorganizations 420
DavidM.Malitz
36 Religiousidentitiesintimesofcrisis:ananalysisofEurope 432
DidemDoganyilmazDuman
37 PoetryinIran’scontemporarytheo-politicalculture 444
MaryamAlaAmjadi
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Contents
PARTVIII
Reflectionson‘religion’ 457
38 Questioningtheboundariesof‘religious’and‘non-religious’actions
andmeanings 459
CarloGenova
39 ReligionintheAnthropocene:nonhumanagencies,(re)enchantment
andtheemergenceofanewsensibility 469
OriolPoveda
40 Scienceandreligioninaglobalcontext 478
MichaelFuller
41 Religionthroughthelensof‘marketization’and‘lifestyle’ 488
FrançoisGauthier
Index 500
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