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Proselytization Revisited : Rights Talk, Free Markets and Culture Wars.
The act of converting people to certain beliefs or values is highly controversial in today's postcolonial, multicultural world. Proselytization has been viewed by some as an aggressive act of political domination. 'Proselytization Revisited' offers a comprehensive overview of the many...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Original Title; Copyright; Contents; Revisiting Proselytization in the Context of Rights Talk, Free Markets and Culture Wars; SECTION I; Conflicts over Proselytism
- An Overview and Comparative Perspectivective; Conversion of the World: Proselytization in India and the Universalization of Christianity; The Logic of Anti-Proselytization, Revisited; SECTION II; The Changing Face of Christian Proselytization: New Actors from the Global South; Muslim Apostasy, Christian Conversion, and Religious Freedom in Egypt.
- Seeing is More Than Believing: Posters and Proselytization in NigeriaSECTION III; Buddhism and the Politics of Conversion in Sri Lanka; Merit and the Search for Inner Peace: the Discourses and Technologies of Dhammakaya Proselytization; Asia's Antioch: Evangelical Christianity and Proselytism in Singapore; False Consciousness and the Jargon of Authenticity: Religion and Nationalism in the Christianised Lowland Philippines; Salvation through Secular Protest: the Development of Falun Gong Proselytization; The Social and Legal Context of Proselytization in Contemporary Japanese Religions.
- SECTION IVNegotiating Proselytism in 21st Century Russia; Between Da'wa and Mission: Turkish Islamic Movements in the Turkic World (Central Asia and the Caucasus); Spiritual Wars in the 10-40 Window: Korean Proselytism among Russia's Asian Minorities; SECTION V; Proselytization or Information? Wicca and the Internet; You Can't Talk to an Empty Stomach: Faith-based Activism, Holistic Evangelism, and the Publicity of Evangelical Engagement; Proselytization: Closing Thoughts from a Sociologist; Index.