Religions, Nations, and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities

1. Front Matter

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2. Religions, Nations and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities: An Introduction

   • Patrick Michel, Adam Possamai, Bryan S. Turner

   Pages 1-17

3. Contribution to a Socio-History of the Relations Between “Nation” and “Religion”: The Case of Catholicism

   • Patrick Michel

   Pages 19-36

4. “La Farina del Diavolo”: Transnational Migration and the Politics of Religious Liberty in Post-War Italy

   • Mark Hutchinson

   Pages 37-66

5. Persianate Islam and Its Regional Spread

   • Saïd Amir Arjomand

   Pages 67-84

6. Charisma as a Transnational Enterprise

   • Enzo Pace

   Pages 85-105

7. Islam, Ethno-Nationalism, and Transnational “Faith Community” in Kyrgyzstan

   • Aurélie Biard

   Pages 107-134

8. Multiple Modernities and Political Millenarianism: Dispensational Theology, Nationalism, and American Politics

   • Bryan S. Turner

   Pages 135-151

9. From Holy Sites to Web Sites: Hindu Nationalism, from Sacred Territory to Diasporic Ethnicity

   • Christophe Jaffrelot

   Pages 153-174

10. God Is Argentine and so Is the Pope! Catholicism, Popular Culture and the National Imagination

    • Eloísa Martín

    Pages 175-195

11. Branding of Spiritual Authenticity and Nationalism in Transnational Sufism

    • Milad Milani, Adam Possamai, Firdaus Wajdi

    Pages 197-220

12. Back Matter

    Pages 221-235

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This edited book explores the impact of globalisation on the relationship between religion and politics, religion and nation, religion and nationalism, and the impact that transnationalism has on religious groups. In a post-Westphalian and transnational world, with increased international communication and transportation, a plethora of new religious recompositions religions now take part in a network society that cuts across borders. This collection, through its analysis of historical and contemporary case studies, explores the growth of both national and transnational religious movements and their dealings with the various versions of modernity that they encounter. It considers trends of religious revitalisation and secularisation, and processes of nationalism and transnationalism through the prism of the theory of multiple modernities, acknowledging both its pluralist world view but also the argument that its definition of modernity is often so inclusive as to lose coherence. Providing a cutting edge take on 21st century religion and globalization, this volume is a key read for all scholars of religion, secularisation and transnationalism.

• Multiple modernities
• Transnationalism and religion
• Globalization and religion
• Religion and politics
• Religion and nation
• Religion and nationalism
• religion and society

• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

  Patrick Michel

• School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

  Adam Possamai

• Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

  Bryan S. Turner

Patrick Michel is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France and professor (directeur d’études) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. In addition to his primary interest in Central Europe, his research focuses on the theoretical aspects of the relation between politics and religion.

 

Adam Possamai is Professor in Sociology and director of research in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the past President of the International Sociological Association’s Committee 22 on the Sociology of Religion.

 

Bryan S. Turner is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Committee on Religion at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, US and Professor of the Sociology of Religion at the Australian Catholic University, Australia. He was the Alona Evans DistinguishedVisiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College.

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