This volume illustrates both theoretically and empirically the
differences between religious diversity and religious pluralism. It
highlights how the factual situation of cultural and religious
diversity may lead to individual, social and political choices of
organized and recognized pluralism. In the process, both individual
and collective identities are redefined, incessantly moving along the
continuum that ranges from exclusion to inclusion. The book starts by
first detailing general issues related to religious pluralism. It
makes the case for keeping the empirical, the normative, the
regulatory and the interactive dimensions of religious pluralism
analytically distinct while recognizing that, in practice, they often
overlap. It also underlines the importance of seeking connections
between religious pluralism and other pluralisms. Next, the book
explores how religious diversity can operate to contribute to legal
pluralism and examines the different types of church-state relations:
eradication, monopoly, oligopoly and pluralism. The second half of the
book features case studies that provide a more specific look at the
general issues, from ways to map and assess the religious diversity of
a whole country to a comparison between Belgian-French views of
religious and philosophical diversity, from religious pluralism in
Italy to the shifting approach to ethnic and religious diversity in
America, and from a sociological and historical perspective of
religious plurality in Japan to an exploration of Brazilian religions,
old and new. The transition from religious diversity to religious
pluralism is one of the most important challenges that will reshape
the role of religion in contemporary society. This book provides
readers with insights that will help them better understand and
interpret this unprecedented transition.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783319066233
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok