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UNINA9910811425003321 |
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Titolo |
When God comes to town : religious traditions in urban contexts / / edited by Rik Pinxten & Lisa Dikomitis |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-85745-823-X |
1-282-62779-1 |
9786612627798 |
1-84545-920-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (166 p.) |
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Collana |
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Culture and politics/politics and culture series ; ; v. 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and sociology |
Cities and towns - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page-When God Comes to Town; Contents; Figures; 00b Pinxten_fm intro.pdf; Introduction: When God Comes to Town; Part I-Nation Versus Church; Religion and Nationality: The Tangled Greek Case; A Church Lost in the Maze of a City Without Refferences; Part II-Urban Tranformations; The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Urbanism; The Ecology and Economy of Urban Religious Space: A Socio-Historical Account of Quakers in Town; Part III-Urban Migration; Rural Immigrants and Official Religion in an Urban Religious Festival in Greece |
From the City to the Village and Back: Greek Cypriot Refugees Engaging in 'Pilgrimages' across the BorderPart IV-Impact of Modernity; Modernity Contra Tradition? Taijiquan's Struggle for Survival: A Chinese Case Study; Notes on Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. The authors in this volume wonder what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment |
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