The critical analysis of religious diversity / / edited by Lene Kuhle, William Hoverd, Jorn Borup.

• Superior document: International studies in religion and society ; Volume 32
• TeilnehmendeR: Kühle, Lene,; Hoverd, William,; Borup, Jørn,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in religion and society ; Volume 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 pages).

Drawing on international and thematic case studies, The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity asks its readers to pay attention to the assumptions and processes by which scholars, religious practitioners and states construct religious diversity. The study has three foci: theoretical and methodological issues; religious diversity in non-Western contexts; and religious diversity in social contexts. Together, these trans-contextual studies are utilised to develop a critical analysis exploring how agency, power and language construct understandings of religious diversity. As a result, the book argues that reflexive scholarship needs to consider that the dynamics of diversification and homogenisation are fundamental to understanding social and religious life, that religious diversity is a Western concept, and that definitions of ‘religious diversity’ are often entangled by and within dynamic empirical realities.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity / Lene Kühle and William Hoverd -- Part 1: Theoretical and Methodological Issues -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Religious Diversity, Institutionalized Religion, and Religion That is Not Religion / Peter Beyer -- Counting and Mapping Religious Diversity: Methodological Challenges, Unintended Consequences, and Political Implications* / Mar Griera -- Constructing and Deconstructing Religious Diversity: The Measurement of Religious Affiliation in Denmark and New Zealand / William Hoverd and Lene Kühle -- Globally Modern, Dynamically Diverse: How Global Modernity Engenders Dynamic Diversity / Andrew Dawson -- Part 2: Religious Diversity in Non-modern and Non-western Contexts -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Religious Diversity and Discourses of Toleration in Classical Antiquity / Mar Marcos -- Managing and Negotiating Asian Religious Unities and Diversities / Jørn Borup -- A Harmonious Plurality of ‘Religious’ Expressions: Theories and Case Studies from the Chinese Practice of (Religious) Diversity / Stefania Travagnin -- Part 3: Religious Diversity in Societal Contexts -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Constructing and Representing the New Religious Diversity with Old Classifications: ‘World Religions’ as an Excluding Category in Interreligious Dialogue in Switzerland / Martin Baumann and Andreas Tunger-Zanetti -- He Said, We Said: Religion in the York University Controversy of 2013–2014 / Paul Bramadat -- Interfaith Youth in Australia: A Critical Reflection on Religious Diversity, Literacy, and Identity / Anna Halafoff -- Religious Diversity and the News: Critical Issues in the Study of Religion and Media / Henrik Reintoft Christensen -- Law and Religious Diversity: How South African Courts Distinguish Religion, Witchcraft and Culture / Marian Burchardt -- Conclusion: The Problems of Religious Diversity.