When God Comes to Town : : Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts / / ed. by Lisa Dikomitis, Rik Pinxten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Coleman, Simon,; Collins, Peter,; Dikomitis, Lisa,; Drweski, Bruno,; Hirschon, Renée,; Pinxten, Rik,; Theije, Marjo de,; Vercammen, Dan,; Vozikas, Giorgos,
• HerausgeberIn: Dikomitis, Lisa,; Pinxten, Rik,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (166 p.)

Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Anthropologists, historians and political scientists have come together in this volume to analyse attempts made by churches and informal groups to adapt to these changes and, at the same time, to explore new ways to study religions in a largely urbanized environment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION: WHEN GOD COMES TO TOWN -- PART ONE. NATION VERSUS CHURCH -- RELIGION AND NATIONALITY: THE TANGLED GREEK CASE -- A CHURCH LOST IN THE MAZE OF A CITY WITHOUT REFERENCES -- PART TWO. URBAN TRANFORMATIONS -- THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF URBANISM -- THE ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY OF URBAN RELIGIOUS SPACE: A SOCIO-HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF QUAKERS IN TOWN -- PART THREE. URBAN MIGRATION -- RURAL IMMIGRANTS AND OFFICIAL RELIGION IN AN URBAN RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN GREECE -- FROM THE CITY TO THE VILLAGE AND BACK: GREEK CYPRIOT REFUGEES ENGAGING IN ‘PILGRIMAGES’ ACROSS THE BORDER -- PART FOUR. IMPACT OF MODERNITY -- READING THE CITY RELIGIOUS: URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN RECIFE, BRAZIL -- MODERNITY CONTRA TRADITION? TAIJIQUAN’S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: A CHINESE CASE STUDY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX