Wyller / Pezzoli-Olgiati / Knauss Religion and Difference

Contested Contemporary Issues
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-647-56467-8
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 28, 182 Seiten

Reihe: Research in Contemporary Religion (RCR)

In democracies of advanced plurality, religion is a contested and powerful part of public discussions and practices. Today, religious difference is articulated and negotiated controversially in interaction with other spheres of society. While there are clear tendencies of increasing polarization, we also encounter moments of acknowledgement and appreciation of plurality. Facing these complexities and challenges of our time, this volume scrutinizes contested practices where religious difference matters. Committed to an interdisciplinary exchange between theology, the study of religion and political philosophy, this volume is grounded in the attention for concrete practices and phenomena as well as the conviction that difference is both a productive concept and an enriching experience. Exploring practices of shared places, sexuality, justice and the commitment to the human being in education, migration and violent conflicts, the volume as a whole contributes to the analysis of contested social and political practices in order to investigate the significance and role of religion in contemporary societies, and thus it further develops theoretical reflection about religion in contemporary research.

Trygve Wyller is Professor Emeritus in Diaconal Studies and Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo and Honorary Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has written extensively on space, ecclesiology, migration, phenomenology, ethics and relevant Scandinavian Creation Theology-issues. Some of his recent publications are Diaconia/Empowering/Social Development, in the International Handbook of Practical Theology (2022); and Liberating, Spatial Theology. Some Reflections on How Theology Can Transform, in Dialogue with Gerald West (2024). Email: [e-mail]

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wyller, Trygve

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria

Knauss, Stefanie

Heimbrock, Hans-Günter

Sander, Hans-Joachim

Danani, Carla

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