Title Religious transformations and socio-political change : Eastern Europe and Latin America / edited by Luther Martin

Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 457 pages) : illustrations Series Religion and society ; 33 Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 33. Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Historical models -- Godsâ€? statues as a tool of Assyrian political policy: Esarhaddonâ€?s return of Marduk to Babylon -- Religious projection: A Hellenistic instance -- Mani versus Mazdak: The prophet and his king in pre-Islamic Iran -- Religious transformations and socio-political change: A western eurocentric paradigm? -- Eastern Europe -- The intelligentsia between secular and religious culture -- Personal spiritual orientations and religiousness in (former) Soviet society John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev: The process of globalization in multidimensional comparisonThe analogy of the proportionalitas: The coherence between sociopolitical development and the development of religion in the new socio-cultural reality of Czechoslovakia -- National history, culture and the process of religious change -- Religion and revolution: A Hungarian pilgrimage in Rumania -- Muslim fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia: A social perspective -- The Muslims of Poland: A religious minority in transition Delusion and illusion, false hopes and failed dreams: Religion, the churches and East Germanyâ€?s 1989 “November revolutionâ€?Theology of liberation and the Protestant monastery of Loccum in Germany -- Opposition within affinity between religion and politics with reference to Golden Age Denmark and Brazil -- Latin America -- Religious transformations and social change in Latin America -- In the beginning there were the Canaries ... : The forgotten purgatory en route to the new world -- Missionary activity in Latin America: Confession manuals and indigenous eroticism Iconography, inter subjectivity, and anthropological experience: A Toba shamanic treePolitical culture, religious culture and sacrifice -- Theoretical and methodological implications -- Theories on tradition and change in sociology, anthropology, history, and the history of religions -- Method, theory, and the subject matter -- What sort of “realityâ€? is religion? -- The symbolics of power discourse among contemporary religious groups in West Africa -- Religious studies as a saving grace? From Goodenough to South Africa -- Conclusion Methodological conceits and theoretical opportunities: Reflections on the level of analysis appropriate for explaining socio- cultural phenomenaList of contributors -- Index Notes "The papers in this volume were first presented at a special conference of the International Association for the History of Religions ... August 5-9, 1991"--Preface Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Religion and politics -- History -- Congresses Religion and sociology -- Congresses RELIGION -- Comparative Religion. Religion Religion and politics Religion and sociology Entwicklung Gesellschaft Politischer Wandel Religion Sozialer Wandel Politik Kerk en staat. Religion et politique -- Histoire -- Congrès. Religion et politique -- Europe de l'Est. SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Religion -- Congresses Latin America -- Religion -- Congresses Subject Eastern Europe Latin America Lateinamerika Osteuropa Europe de l'Est -- Religion -- Congrès. Amérique latine -- Religion -- Congrès. Burlington <1991> Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings History Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Martin, Luther H., 1937- International Association for the History of Religions. LC no. 93004333 ISBN 9783110884203 3110884208

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