Véronique Altglas

From Yoga to Kabbalah

Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage

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Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to provide an understanding of "religious exoticism", and of the ways in which certain foreign religious practices and beliefs are disseminated and appropriated through contemporary practices of bricolage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780199997633
• ISBN-10: 0199997632
• Artikelnr.: 40184968

Autorenporträt

Véronique Altglas is Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. She has conducted research on the transnational expansion of neo-Hindu movements, the management of minority religions in France and Britain, and anti-Semitism.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Chapter 1: The Cultural and Historical Dimensions of Religious
Exoticism
* Chapter 2: Religious Exoticism, Belonging and Identities: the
Discomfort of Bricolage
* Chapter 3: Universalizing and De-contextualizing Exotic Religious
Resources
* Chapter 4: Universalistic Ambitions, Local Realities: Bricolage in
(national) context
* Chapter 5: The Psychologization of Exotic Religious Resources
* Chapter 6: Bricolage and the Social Significance of Self-realization
* Chapter 7: Religious Exoticism and the "New Petite Bourgeoisie"
* Conclusion
* References
* Index