The Study of Religion in Sweden
The Study of Religion in Sweden

Author: Henrik Bogdan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-03-07

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1350413291

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the study of religions in Sweden, from the early twentieth century to the present and shows how the intersection of national and social forces shape the study of religion in specific countries and contexts. It traces the establishment of the study of religions as an integrated part of Higher Education in Sweden and it critically examines the development of the most significant disciplines, themes and questions that form Religious Studies in Sweden. Demonstrating the interconnection between nationality and the formation of the academic study of religion, the book explores how Sweden is often described as the most secularised country in the world, yet the study of religions in Sweden has a long, rich, and diverse history. The book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of religions, and bring together the voices of 30 scholars.

New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden
New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden

Author: Liselotte Frisk

Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)

Published: 2017-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781781796160

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The book is based on a local study of contemporary popular or new religiosity in the area of Dalarna, Sweden. One of the book's purposes is to explore how religion is perceived in our time and how Christianity has shaped our view of what belongs to the "religion" and what is seen as "superstition".

The Study of Religion in Sweden
The Study of Religion in Sweden

Author: Henrik Bogdan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-04-04

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1350413283

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"Examines the historical development of the study of religions in Sweden - often called the most secularized country in the world - as well as the impact of Swedish scholarship internationally"--

Integrative Religious Education in Europe
Integrative Religious Education in Europe

Author: Wanda Alberts

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 3110971348

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This book is a contribution to the development of the young discipline of the didactics of the Study of Religions (Religionswissenschaft) in international perspective. Integrative religious education refers to education about different religions in classrooms with children of various religious and non-religious backgrounds. Cornerstones of recent debates about theory and methodology in the academic study of religions and in education are discussed in the first chapter. They form the basis of the following analysis and evaluation of current approaches to integrative religious education in Europe, with a special focus on England and Sweden. Particular attention is paid to the different underlying concepts of religion, education and ways of representing religious plurality in these approaches. Building on a discussion of the current situation of teaching and learning about religions in schools in Europe in the context of wider cultural, social and political debates, the book concludes with the suggestion of a framework for integrative religious education in Europe, from a perspective that combines insights from the study of religions and education.

Contemporary Puritan Salafism
Contemporary Puritan Salafism

Author: Susanne Olsson

Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781781793398

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Salafism is a contemporary multifaceted and global phenomenon that represents a fundamentalist interpretative stance which appears to be growing among minority Muslims. This book studies a Salafi group in Sweden that is puritan in the sense of avoiding political participation and rejecting jihadism.

The Study of Religions in Ireland
The Study of Religions in Ireland

Author: Brendan McNamara

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-06-02

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1350291765

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This book provides a comprehensive and field-defining examination of the study of religions in Ireland. By bringing together some of the foremost experts on religions in an Irish context, it critically traces the development of an important field of study and evaluates the thematic threads that have emerged as significant. It thereby offers an assessment of contemporary religions in Ireland and their relationships to society, culture, economics, politics and the State. Contributors make connections between topics as diverse as Ireland's Revolutionary Period, the formation of the Irish State, the decline of Catholicism, the rise of migrant religions and New Religious Movements and the effects of secularisation on religions and society. This book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of religions whilst illustrating the coherent themes that have shaped the development of the field in Ireland, making it unique.

The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust
The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

Author: Pontus Rudberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1351695770

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"We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring the aid that we, inhabitants of a free and fortunate country, gave to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster." This declaration, made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the Jewish communities in Sweden, was truer than anyone could have forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive issue – Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in Europe during the years 1933–45 and what determined their policies and actions? Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, including the range of activities in which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities presented by official refugee policy in Sweden.

The Study of Religions in Sweden
The Study of Religions in Sweden

Author: Henrik Bogdan

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1350413321

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"Examines the historical development of the study of religions in Sweden - often called the most secularized country in the world - as well as the impact of Swedish scholarship internationally"--

Society Without God
Society Without God

Author: Phil Zuckerman

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2010-06-07

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0814797237

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Are lawyers, by their very nature, agents of the state, of capital, of institutions of power? Or are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the disempowered, the working class, the underprivileged? Lawyers in a Postmodern World explores how lawyers actively create the forms of power which they and others deploy. Through engaging case studies, the book examines how lawyers work within and for powerful institutions and provides suggestions--both general and practical--for ways in which the practice of law can be made to work with and for the powerless. Individuals chapters address such subjects as the contradictions of radical law practice; legal work in South Africa; the economics and politics of negotiating justice; feminist legal scholarship and women's gendered lives; the overlapping worlds of law, business, and politics; theories of legal practice; and how lawyers are constitutive of gender relations. Contributing to the book are Maureen Cain (University of West Indies), Yves Dezalay (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), Martha Fineman (Columbia University), Sue Lees (University of North London), Doreen McBarnet (Wolfson College, Oxford), Frank Munger (SUNY, Buffalo), Wilfried Scharf (University of Cape Town), Stuart Scheingold (University of Washington), David Sugarman (Lancaster University), and Sally Wheeler (University of Nottingham).

The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions After World War II
The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions After World War II

Author: Göran Larsson

Publisher: Numen Book

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004499362

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"Professor Geo Widengren (1907-1996), holder of the chair in History of Religions and Psychology of Religions at Uppsala University between 1940 and 1973, is one of Sweden's best-known scholars in the field of religious studies. His involvement in the start of the IAHR and publications on topics such as the phenomenology of religions, Iranian studies and Middle Eastern Religions make Widengren one of the founding fathers of the History of Religions as an academic discipline. This volume pays tribute to Widengren's academic achievements and critically discusses his work in light of the latest academic findings and research.Contributors are Daniel Andersson, Giovanni Casadio, Clemens Cavallin, Gèoran Eidevall, Satoko Fujiwara, Renâe Gothâoni, Jan Hjèarpe, Christer Hedin, Anders Hultgêard, Tim Jensen, Albert de Jong, Einar Thomassen, Mihaela Timus, Chiara Ombretta Tommasi"--