Community Identity : Dynamics of Religion in Context.

Community Identity : Dynamics of Religion in Context.

The understanding of identity in relation to community has been a focus of academic studies in recent years. An exclusive self-understanding of the identity of one's own community, coupled with a hostile attitude toward other communities, often leads to communal conflicts. In particular, it is...

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Main Author: Kim, Sebastian
Other Authors: Kollontai, Pauline
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2007.
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology) > Religious aspects.
Group identity.
Intergroup relations > England > Yorkshire > Case studies.
group identity.
Group identity
Identity (Psychology) > Religious aspects
Intergroup relations
England > Yorkshire
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Sebastian C.H. Kim and Pauline Kollontai; PART I: Perspectives on Community Identity; 1 Theological Identity in Post:inodernity through a Literary Lens Sue Yore; 2 Binary Reciprocity: Karl Barth, Christological Identity and the Politics of Religion Richard Andrew; 3 Transplanting Religion: Defining Community and Expressing Identity Pauline Kollontai; 4 Community and Society: John Macmurray (1891-1976) and New Labour Esther Mclntosh.
  • 5 Paradigm, Community and Theological Education: A Study of Theological Education with Reference to the Work of Thomas S. Kuhn6 Differing Concepts of Community Identity: Debates over the 'Racial and Religious Hatred Bill' Sebastian C.H. Kim; PART II: Community Identity in Local Contexts; 7 Marian Shrines in Yorkshire and Roman Catholic Identity Chris Maunder; 8 Moving Mountains: The Carmelite Community's Development of an Identity in York Johan Bergström-Allen and Antony Lester; 9 Contemporary Anglican York: Denominational Identity, Association and Affiliation Greg Hoyland.
  • 10 York's Evangelicals and Charismatics: An Emergent Free Market in Voluntarist Religious Identities Rob Warner11 Identity and Religion in Yorkshire Fishing Communities Stephen Friend; 12 An Examination of the Sikh Community in York Richard Noake; 13 Adolescent Attitudes in York towards Muslims and Islam A.A. Brockets N. Noret, S. Harenwall, RD. Baird and I. Rivers; Index.

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