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Religion, spirituality and the social sciences [electronic resource] : challenging marginalisation / edited by Basia Spalek and Alia Imtoual.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 214 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781847423634 (electronic bk.)
  • 1847423639 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BL60 .R37 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. I. Key debates on secularism and society. Political religion : secularity and the study of religion in global civil society / John D'Arcy May ; Australia's "shy" de-secularisation process / Adam Possamai ; Muslims, equality and secularism / Tariq Modood ; Section 116 : the politics of secularism in Australian legal and political discourse / Holly Randell-Moon ; Dreams of the autonomous and reflexive self : the religious significance of contemporary lifestyle media / Gordon Lynch -- pt. II. Marginalisation of religious and spiritual issues. Studying religion in Sub-Saharan Africa / Maria Frahm-Arp ; Demographic fertility research : a question of disciplinary beliefs and methods / Lareen Newman ; Turning the world upside down / Caroline Humphrey ; Spirituality and gender viewed through a global lens / Ursula King ; Reading spiritually : transforming knowledge in a new age / Natassja Smiljanic -- pt. III. Reflections on social science research methodologies. Self-assigned religious affiliation : a study among adolescents in England and Wales / Leslie J. Francis ; Concepts and misconceptions in the scientific study of spirituality / Miguel Farias, Elisabeth Hense ; Religion, spirituality and social science : researching Muslims and crime / Muzammil Quiaishi ; Inadvertent offence : when "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" / Maree Gruppetta.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Key debates on secularism and society. Political religion : secularity and the study of religion in global civil society / John D'Arcy May ; Australia's "shy" de-secularisation process / Adam Possamai ; Muslims, equality and secularism / Tariq Modood ; Section 116 : the politics of secularism in Australian legal and political discourse / Holly Randell-Moon ; Dreams of the autonomous and reflexive self : the religious significance of contemporary lifestyle media / Gordon Lynch -- pt. II. Marginalisation of religious and spiritual issues. Studying religion in Sub-Saharan Africa / Maria Frahm-Arp ; Demographic fertility research : a question of disciplinary beliefs and methods / Lareen Newman ; Turning the world upside down / Caroline Humphrey ; Spirituality and gender viewed through a global lens / Ursula King ; Reading spiritually : transforming knowledge in a new age / Natassja Smiljanic -- pt. III. Reflections on social science research methodologies. Self-assigned religious affiliation : a study among adolescents in England and Wales / Leslie J. Francis ; Concepts and misconceptions in the scientific study of spirituality / Miguel Farias, Elisabeth Hense ; Religion, spirituality and social science : researching Muslims and crime / Muzammil Quiaishi ; Inadvertent offence : when "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" / Maree Gruppetta.

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