Death, life and laughter: essays on religion in honour of Douglas Davies
Introduction: Transgressing Boundaries / Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon and Mathew Guest -- Part I: Cultures of Meaning and Religious Identity -- 1. The Book of Mormon: The American Gospel? / Seth Kunin -- 2. Death, Sometimes, Has its Price? How Douglas Davies and Sergio Leone Cope with Capitalism and Cha...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
London New York
Ashgate
[2017]
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| Dans: | Année: 2017 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Montrer les volumes/articles. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Identité religieuse
/ Identité culturelle
/ Dialogue interreligieux
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Spirituality
B Religion and sociology B Davies, Douglas J. 1947- B Religious Life B Religion B Publication commémorative B Recueil d'articles B Davies, Douglas James B Self-perception Religious aspects |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Klappentext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Introduction: Transgressing Boundaries / Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon and Mathew Guest -- Part I: Cultures of Meaning and Religious Identity -- 1. The Book of Mormon: The American Gospel? / Seth Kunin -- 2. Death, Sometimes, Has its Price? How Douglas Davies and Sergio Leone Cope with Capitalism and Change / James Crossley -- 3. Mormonism and the Fourth-Century Search for a Christian Doctrine of God -- Grant Underwood -- 4. Words and Deeds against Exclusion: Deprivation, Activism and Religiosity in Inner-city Birmingham / Christian Karner and David Parker -- Part II: Ritual, Symbolism and Identity -- 5. Religion and Ritual Markers between the Public and the Private: Funerary Rites in Sweden / Anders Bäckström -- 6. Facing existential meaning challenges through a post-secular clinical model: Swedish case illustrations following abortion -- Valerie DeMarinis -- 7. The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the Introduction and Reception of a Sacred Tree / Charles Watkins -- Part III: Disciplinary Identity and the Boundaries of Understanding -- 8. Hope and creativity: the shifting nexus between religion and development / James Beckford -- 9. Theology, Social Science, and the ¿Power¿ of Religion and of the Spirit / David Martin -- 10. Called to Speak: Language, Meaning and the Status of Research Data / Matthew Wood -- 11. Where does Islamic Studies Fit? / Hugh Goddard -- 12. From Jevons to Collini (via Douglas Davies): Reflections on Higher Education and Religious Identity / Mathew Guest -- 13. A Break from Prose: Defying the Boundaries of Genre / Eleanor Nesbitt -- 14. An Inquisitive Presence: Thinking with Douglas Davies on the Study of Religion / Michael Thate |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 147242770X |