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The changing world religion map
sacred places, identities, practices and politics
Abstract
This extensive work explores the changing world of religions, faiths and practices. It discusses a broad range of issues and phenomena that are related to religion, including nature, ethics, secularization, gender and identity. Broadening the context, it studies the interrelation between religion and other fields, including education, business, economics and law. The book presents a vast array of examples to illustrate the changes that have taken place and have led to a new world map of religions. Beginning with an introduction of the concept of the "changing world religion map", the book first focuses on nature, ethics and the environment. It examines humankind's eternal search for the sacred, and discusses the emergence of "green" religion as a theme that cuts across many faiths. Next, the book turns to the theme of the pilgrimage, illustrated by many examples from all parts of the world. In its discussion of the interrelation between religion and education, it looks at the role of missionary movements. It explains the relationship between religion, business, economics and law by means of a discussion of legal and moral frameworks, and the financial and business issues of religious organizations. The next part of the book explores the many "new faces' that are part of the religious landscape and culture of the Global North (Europe, Russia, Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada) and the Global South (Latin America, Africa and Asia). It does so by looking at specific population movements, diasporas, and the impact of globalization. The volume next turns to secularization as both a phenomenon occurring in the Global religious North, and as an emerging and distinguishing feature in the metropolitan, cosmopolitan and gateway cities and regions in the Global South. The final part of the book explores the changing world of religion in regards to gender and identity issues, the political/religious nexus, and the new worlds associated with the virtual technologies and visual media.
Details | Table of Contents
status, literature and challenges
pp.3-67
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_1pp.83-96
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_3seeking spiritual connection in a postmodern world
pp.97-113
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_4ambiguity, hope and ethical imposters
pp.115-127
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_5cosmic visions in the post-earthrise era
pp.129-144
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_6the continuing influence of Calvin's doctrine on twenty-first century debates over capitalism, nature and sustainability
pp.145-173
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_7religion as a skill of creative adaptation
pp.187-201
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_9pp.203-215
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_10imaginations of appalachia in Christian responses to mountaintop removal mining
pp.217-236
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_11views of the tragedies of hurricane katrina and the Asian tsunami
pp.237-253
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_12past and present
pp.255-271
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_13case studies of faith groups' approaches to a new Australian land ethic
pp.273-295
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_14a bottom-up approach to ecological and social sustainability
pp.297-322
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_15pp.323-345
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_16advocating for the sacredness of nature in a changing world
pp.381-396
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_19the case of displaced Kashmiri pandits in India
pp.397-414
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_20the specific character of Slovakia's religious landscape
pp.415-438
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_21sacred sites, local deities and natural resource use in the himalayas
pp.439-459
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_22pp.477-502
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_24illuminating the darkness
pp.503-522
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_25the religious geography of Kōyasan
pp.523-544
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_26sacred landscape, history and legislation on the Cāmuṇḍī hills of mysore
pp.545-556
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_27pp.557-576
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_28pp.577-592
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_29protestant monasteries in twentieth century Europe
pp.593-621
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_30pp.623-647
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_31contemporary cemetery landscapes
pp.649-667
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_32African American cemeteries in the jim crow south
pp.669-685
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_33spiritual journeys and their consequences
pp.689-707
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_34a contemporary geographical analysis
pp.709-732
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_35the case of catholic cathedrals in South central Europe
pp.733-744
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_36landscape and aesthetics in contemporary Christian pilgrimage
pp.745-765
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_37activating landscape of witchcraft and sorcery in rural tourism, iceland
pp.767-782
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_38the contemporary scene
pp.783-801
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_39the competing identities of the contemporary mormon Church
pp.803-817
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_40pp.819-839
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_41the great pilgrimage to mecca
pp.841-853
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_42landscapes and meanings of a contemporary secular pilgrimage
pp.855-873
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_43Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2015
Pages: 891
ISBN (hardback): 978-94-017-9375-9
ISBN (digital): 978-94-017-9376-6
Full citation:
D. Brunn Stanley, Brunn Stanley D. (2015) The changing world religion map: sacred places, identities, practices and politics. Dordrecht, Springer.