Bibliograph

We God's people, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the world of nations, Jocelyne Cesari

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We God's people, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the world of nations, Jocelyne Cesari

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We God's people

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1260170944

Responsibility statement

Jocelyne Cesari

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the world of nations

Summary

Cesari argues that both religious and national communities are defined by the three Bs: belief, behaviour and belonging. By focusing on the ways in which these three Bs intersect, overlap or clash, she identifies the patterns of the politicization of religion, and vice versa, in any given context. Her approach has four advantages: firstly, it combines an exploration of institutional and ideational changes across time, which are usually separated by disciplinary boundaries. Secondly, it illustrates the heuristic value of combining qualitative and quantitative methods by statistically testing the validity of the patterns identified in the qualitative historical phase of the research. Thirdly, it avoids reducing religion to beliefs by investigating the significance of the institution-ideas connections, and fourthly, it broadens the political approach beyond state-religion relations to take into account actions and ideas conveyed in other arenas such as education, welfare, and culture.--, Provided by publisher

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