When God Comes to Town: Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts (Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture, 4) - Softcover

 
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Shows how urbanization influences the religiosity of everyday life in modern urban centres Explores how urbanization poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies Questions appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam in urban societies Investigates impact on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual

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Rik Pinxten is Professor and Senior Researcher in Anthropology and Head of Department of Comparative Sciences of Culture at Ghent University, Belgium. His current research focus is on identity as a central mechanism in cultural and religious learning processes. He has published widely on the anthropology of knowledge and the comparative study of religion.

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9781845455545: When God Comes to Town: Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts (Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture, Band 4)

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ISBN 10:  1845455541 ISBN 13:  9781845455545
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2009
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