1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996308798003316

Titolo

Dynamics of religion : past and present / / edited by Christoph Bochinger and Jörg Rüpke ; in cooperation with Elisabeth Begemann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-11-045093-3

3-11-045110-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten ; ; Band 67

Classificazione

BE 1630

Disciplina

201/.7

Soggetti

Religion and culture

Apartheid - South Africa - Religious aspects

Shinto and state - Japan

Imperialism - Religious aspects

Buddhism - Japan

Established churches

Cultural pluralism

Fuxi (Legendary character)

Islamic fundamentalism

Judaism and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

International conference proceedings.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The dynamics of religions and cultural evolution: Worshipping Fuxi in contemporary China / Hubert Seiwert -- Religion and public space in contemporary Japan: Re-activation of the civilization of the axial age and the manifestation of State Shinto and Buddhism / Susume Shimazono -- The tactics of (in)visibility among religious communities in contemporary Europe / Kim Knott -- Religion intersecting de-nationalization and re-nationalization in post-apartheid South Africa / Gerald O. West -- Forms of religious communities in global society: tradition, invention, and transformation / Peter Beyer -- Subversive spirituality: political contributions of ancestral cosmologies decolonizing religious beliefs / Sylvia Marcos -- Religion and the



historical imagination: esoteric tradition  as poetic invention / Wouter J. Hanegraff -- Religion and life trajectory: Islamists against self and other / Abdulkader Tayob -- Angels, animals and religious change in antiquity and today / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus -- Gaining access to the radically unfamiliar: religion in modern times / Kalpana Ram -- 'Cloning minds': Religion between individuals and collectives / Jeppe Sinding Jensen -- Of yellow teaching and black faith: entangled knowledge cultures and the creation of religious traditions / Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz -- Global intellectual history and the dynamics of religion / Martin Muslow -- Narrating, performing and feeling a "religion": on representations of Judaism / Cristiana Facchini.

Sommario/riassunto

Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa;2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today's Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797799403321

Titolo

The multilingual challenge : cross-disciplinary perspectives / / edited by Ulrike Jessner, Claire Kramsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-0031-7

1-61451-216-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Trends in Applied Linguistics, , 1868-6362 ; ; Volume 16

Disciplina

404/.2083

Soggetti

Multilingualism - Study and teaching

Language arts - Correlation with content subjects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of contents -- Notes on the contributors -- Introduction: The multilingual challenge / Jessner, Ulrike / Kramsch, Claire -- Part I: Familial challenges -- 1. Challenges of multilingualism to the family / Wei, Li / Hua, Zhu -- 2. The promotion of multilingualism in a Catalan-speaking area. Familial challenges in the Valencian Community / Safont-Jordà, Maria Pilar -- Part II: Educational challenges -- 3. Conflict in the second language classroom: a teacher of Spanish facing the complicated dimensions of multilingualism / Heidenfeldt, William -- 4. The legitimacy gap: multilingual language teachers in an era of globalization / Kramsch, Claire / Zhang, Lihua -- 5. « Le multilinguisme en question ? » - The case of minority language education in Brittany (France) / Osterkorn, Patrick K. / Vetter, Eva -- Part III: Institutional challenges -- 6. Challenges to monolingual national literatures / Lennon, Brian -- 7. Multilingual and intercultural competence on the threshold of the Third Reich / Gramling, David -- 8. Linguistic Unheimlichkeit: the Armenian and Arab communities of Cyprus / Baider, Fabienne / Kariolemou, Marilena -- Part IV: Scientific challenges -- 9. Monolingualism and multilingualism in the construction and dissemination of scientific knowledge / Lüdi, Georges -- 10. Le Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme : une



recherche internationale, face aux défis d'une conception plurilingue et d'une traduction en anglais et en chinois / Zarate, Geneviève / Gohard-Radenkovic, Aline / Rong, Fu -- 11. Understanding current multilingualism: what can the butterfly tell us? / Aronin, Larissa / Jessner, Ulrike -- Part V: Professional and geopolitical challenges -- 12. Language policy and planning in international organisations / McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa -- 13. Challenges within the ecology of multilingual interactions in Aboriginal cultural tourism in Central Australia / Ellis, Elizabeth -- Afterword: Challenging multilingualism / Kramsch, Claire -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of scholarly articles is the first to address the challenges of multilingualism from a multidisciplinary perspective. The contributors to this volume examine both the beneficial and the problematic aspects of multilingualism in various dimensions, that is, they address familial, educational, academic, artistic, scientific, historical, professional, and geopolitical challenges.