Religious Reconstruction in the South Asian Diasporas
This collection shows how South Asian religions are reconstructed in the West by migrants and subsequent generations. Focusing on Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, chapters address the religions, social and political issues facing South Asian diasporas and explores how they have been effected by 9/11, Britain's 7/7 and bombings in Bali and Mumbai.
ISBN: | 9780333774014 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Herausgeber: | Hinnells, J. |
Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
Veröffentlicht: | 23.05.2007 |
Untertitel: | From One Generation to Another |
Schlagworte: | Asian Culture B Ethnic Studies Ethnicity Ethnicity Studies Ethnology—Asia History Political Science Political Sociology Political science & theory Political science and theory Politics & government Race and Ethnicity Studies Religion Religion: general Religious Studies, general Sociology Sociology, general |
ROGER BALLARD Director of the Centre for Applied South Asian Studies, University of Manchester, UK ROHIT BAROT Visiting Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, UK GARY D BOUMA UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations - Asia Specific, Monash University, Australia ELEANOR NESBITT Reader in Religions and Education, University of Warwick, UK HAROLD COWARD Founding Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, The University of Victoria, Canada ROBERT JACKSON Professor of Education and Director of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick, UK PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia, and Senior Fellow, Department of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne, Australia PETER LEWIS advises the Bishop of Bradford, UK on Christian-Muslim relations RAYMOND BRADY WILLIAMS LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities emeritus and Director emeritus, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Wabash College, USA RON GEAVES Professor of Religious Studies, University of Chester, UK SHIRLEY FIRTH has taught religion at various universities in the UK WERNER MENSKI Professor of South Asian Laws, University of London, UK