Accepting the post-colonial challenge: Theorizing a Khaldûnian approach to the Marian apparition at Medjugorje

This article seeks to expand the sociology of religion’s conceptual toolkit beyond the focus on religious belief and on organizational structures inherited from Western Christianity. After criticizing these origins, I use Ibn Khaldûn’s notion of al ‘assabiyyah or “group-feeling” to analyze the event...

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Published in:Critical research on religion
Main Author: Spickard, James V. 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2013]
In: Critical research on religion
Further subjects:B social solidarity
B Bosnia
B Ibn Khaldûn
B Ethnic conflict
B Religious Conflict
B Social Theory
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