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Contemporary World Sociology of African and Asian Religions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book offers a sociological exploration of the genesis and development of African and Asian religions. The chapters cover a variety of religious traditions including Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Shinto and Sikhism. They also reflect on the historiography, phenomenology, and sociology of African religious epistemologies and spiritualities, as well as the complexity of the socioeconomic, cultural and political dimension of religion from an African perspective. The volume considers how the religions of the South and East have evolved and spread, emphasizing their plasticity and the need to look beyond their initial territories and consider them on a global scale. Bringing together a range of expert contributors, this is valuable reading for sociologists of religion as well as scholars in African and Asian studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-10
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Religion
Antal sidor264
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041231363

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PREFACE AFRICAN RELIGIONS 1. African Religions and Spiritualities 2. Religion from an African Perspective HINDUISM 3. Hinduism: Continuity and Change 4. Hinduism in the United States 5. Into the Cloud. On Mapping “Religion” as Climatic Event: The Case of Hinduism CONFUCIANISM 6. A Sociology of Global Confucianism in the 21st Century 7. Confucianism and Chinese Religiosity 8. The Controversial Nature of Confucianism/Ruism BUDDHISM 9. Buddhism 10. Westernised Buddhism as a Modern Spiritual Ideal 11. The More it Changes, the More it’s the Same (Old Story)…? Buddhism and the Sociology of Religious Change DAOISM 12. Daoism 13. Some Comments on Daoism: on Definitions and Practice 14. Daoism: A Few Clarifications SHINTO 15. The Changing Role of Shrine Shinto in Contemporary Japanese Society 16. Comments on “The Changing Role of Shrine Shinto in Contemporary Japanese Society” SIKHISM 17. The Sikh Community 18. Sikhism in Diaspora. The Multifaced Role of Sikh Temples in Italy 19. The Sikhs in Italy: Processes of Institutionalisation, and the Building of a Model Minority Postface Recommendations for Sociologists of Religion Index