Social identities between the sacred and the secular
Social identities between the sacred and the secular [electronic resource] :
edited by Abby Day, University of Kent, UK, Giselle Vincett, Lancaster University, UK, Christopher R. Cotter, Lancaster University, UK.
- xvii, 237 pages : illustrations
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-228) and index.
This text focuses on the increasingly important relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', demonstrating that it is not paradoxical to think in terms of both secular and sacred, or neither in different times and places. Focusing on the important relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', this book demonstrates that it is not paradoxical to think in terms of both secular and sacred or neither, in different times and places. International experts from a range of disciplinary perspectives draw on local, national, and international contexts to provide a fresh analytical approach to understanding these two contested poles. Exploring such phenomena at an individual, institutional, or theoretical level, each chapter contributes to the central message of the book - that the ? in between?T is real, embodied and experienced every day and informs, and is informed by, intersecting social identities. Social Identities between the Sacred and the Secular provides an essential resource for continued research into these concepts, challenging us to re-think where the boundaries of sacred and secular lie and what may lie between.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781409470311 (e-book)
Group identity.
Identification (Religion)
Electronic books.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-228) and index.
This text focuses on the increasingly important relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', demonstrating that it is not paradoxical to think in terms of both secular and sacred, or neither in different times and places. Focusing on the important relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', this book demonstrates that it is not paradoxical to think in terms of both secular and sacred or neither, in different times and places. International experts from a range of disciplinary perspectives draw on local, national, and international contexts to provide a fresh analytical approach to understanding these two contested poles. Exploring such phenomena at an individual, institutional, or theoretical level, each chapter contributes to the central message of the book - that the ? in between?T is real, embodied and experienced every day and informs, and is informed by, intersecting social identities. Social Identities between the Sacred and the Secular provides an essential resource for continued research into these concepts, challenging us to re-think where the boundaries of sacred and secular lie and what may lie between.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781409470311 (e-book)
Group identity.
Identification (Religion)
Electronic books.
