Social identities between the sacred and the secular
By: edited by Abby Day, University of Kent, UK, Giselle Vincett, Lancaster University, UK, Christopher R. Cotter, Lancaster University, UK
Series: Ashgate AHRC/ESRC religion and society series; Ashgate AHRC/ESRC religion and society series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781409456773; 9781409470311; 9781409470328
Subjects: Group identity; Gruppenidentität; Soziale Identität; Gruppidentitet; Identitet (religion); Identification (Religion); Religiöse Identität
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What lies between : exploring the depths of social identities between the sacred and the secular; title: part I. The public space. The religion-secular in international politics : the case of "religious" NGOs at the United Nations; title: Sartorially sacred or fashion faux pas? Visual interpretations of modesty online; title: Acute ambiguity : towards a heterotopology of hospital chaplaincy; title: part II. The social, identity-dominated space. Euro-American ethnic and natal Christians : believing in belonging; title: Multiple versus unitary belonging : how Nepalis in Britain deal with "religion"; title: Queer Quakers : negotiating post-Christian selfhoods within the liberal sphere; title: "I've been christened, but I don't really believe in it" : how young people articulate their (non- )religious identities and perceptions of (non- )belief; title: Betwixt and between : a Canadian perspective on the challenges of researching the spiritual but not religious; title: part III. The methodological space. The secular sacred : in between or both/and?; title: The sounds of silence : searching for the religious in everyday discourse; title: Researching the non-religious : methods and methodological issues, challenges and controversies; title: Mapping "religion"; title: or "something, I don't know what"? : methodological challenges exploring young peoples' relations with "religion."