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Re-imagining religion and belief : 21-st century policy and practice /
With growing diversity of religion and belief in every sector comes the potential for new dialogues across previously impermeable policy and disciplinary silos. This volume critically challenges policy makers to re-imagine religion and belief as an integral part of public life that contains resource...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Policy Press shorts. Research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1: Re-imagining Religion and Belief Spaces; 1. The need to re-imagine religion and belief; What's different about the 21st century?; Why the growth in religion and belief talk, and why across academic disciplines?; Why does it matter for policy?; What are the implications for practice?; Structure of the book; 2. Re-negotiating religion and belief in the public square: Definitions, debates, controversies; Methodology; Findings; Conclusion: Learning to live with liminality; 3. geographical landscapes of religion; Geography's longstanding interest in religionLived religious landscapes; Spiritual landscapes; Landscapes of postsecularity; Conclusion
- 4. 'Spatial methodology' in religion and belief research: The example of a study of Twelver Shii Muslim networks in Britain; Religion and diaspora; From diaspora to multilocality; The Shia mile of London; Conclusion; Part 2: Re-imagining Public Policy and Practice; 5. Law and religion: A survey of cases in the UK and what they reveal; The legal framework; What do the cases reveal about the current relationship between law and religion?; Conclusion; 6. Reading religion through the lessons of legal decisions and reactions to themSubject matter; Definition of religion; Religion's relationships; New diversity on the ground
- 7. Religious dimensions of postcolonial policy in Australia; Postsecular repentance?; Re-thinking rights; Concepts of justice and religious traditions; Conclusion; 8. Re-imagining the place of religion in the workplace: The example of Australian social work; Provision of welfare services by religious organisations; Religion and social work; Religion and social work education; Religion and social work practice; Working in partnership with religious organisationsThe need for religious literacy; Conclusion; 9. Religious literacy in welfare and civil society: A Nordic perspective; Nordic complexity
- Connecting religious literacy and Nordic research about welfare and religion; The need for religious literacy at the organisational level; Conclusion; Part 3: Re-imagining the Future; 10. Policy futures for religion and belief; Going beyond the secular and postsecular?; From law to talk; From risk to opportunity, from good/bad to 'just is'; From irrelevant or dangerous to public sources of wisdom; From text on a page to performed spaceFrom homogeneous tradition to fluid identity; From proxy to named; The beginning, not the end; International Panel on Social Progress; The chapter on religion; Policy-making; Index.