Mapping religion and spirituality in a postsecular world / edited by Giuseppe Giordan and Enzo Pace.

• Superior document: Religion and the social order, v. 22
• TeilnehmendeR: Giordan, Giuseppe.; Pace, Enzo.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and the social order ; v. 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Individualization of believing and the logic of pluralism today inevitably bring a redefinition of the role of religion in the lives of individuals as well as societies themselves. New concepts and new theories are necessary to try to describe and understand how such processes work: this is without doubt the most problematic and intriguing aspect of the processes of change that characterize our era. This is a difficulty that makes us use only partially, and often with much caution, words, concepts and theories that until not long ago had a convincing heuristic and explanatory power and were, at least apparently, indisputable. Once it is established that under the sacred vaults of religion nothing is created and nothing is destroyed, but everything is preserved and transformed, what are the connections that are now being established with the sacred in society? The concepts “spirituality” and “post-secular” give important insights into the new religious landscape.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Giuseppe Giordan and Enzo Pace -- Introduction: Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World / Giuseppe Giordan and Enzo Pace -- Italian Catholicism and the Differentiation of Rituals: A Comparison of the Neocatechumenal Way and Renewal in the Spirit / Emanuela Contiero -- Religion, Spirituality and Everyday Life in Sweden / Liselotte Frisk -- Incarnating Encounters: Reflections on Spirituality, Art and Interreligious Dialogue / Ruth Illman -- Renewing Confucianism as a Living Tradition in 21st Century China: Reciting Classics, Reviving Academies and Restoring Rituals / Yong Chen -- Mysticism, Charisma and Religious Leadership / Anat Feldman -- Christian Prayer for Human Rights and Peace: A Spiritual or Civic Commitment? / Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud -- Young People's Prayers: Between Religion and Spirituality in the Veneto / Monica Chilese and Emanuela Contiero -- The Beginning of Life: A Social Constructionist Approach / Anthony J. Blasi -- Asceticism and the Place of the Body in Modern Monastic Prayer / Isabelle Jonveaux -- Devotees, A New Ordeal and A Sense of Belonging: Ethnography and Nethnography of Saint Agatha / Elisabetta Di Giovanni -- Sufi Spirituality and the Code of Islam in Everyday Practice: Findings from a Qualitative Study of a Sufiji Group in Milan / Fatma Sündal -- Contributors / Giuseppe Giordan and Enzo Pace.