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Apart from the exposition and interpretation of Quranic teaching, which is a vast subject, the critical problems that have preoccupied students of the Qur'ān fall for the most part into four divisions. First there is the question of the origins of the Qur'an in the broadest sense. How did the substance of the book come to be and what sort of material does it constitute? From what kind of roots in the social situation or the personal life of Muhammad does it spring? What is the relation to the literary deposits of other preceding religious traditions? It may be argued that this problem might more properly be considered as an aspect of study of the Prophet since it has to do with the modes of revelation, the nature of prophetic psychology and experience, and the possible prophetic acquaintance with or dependence upon religious writings of Christians and Jews, whether directly or through informants.

Nach Meinung des Autors ist die moderne Welt geprägt von der widersprüchlichen Gleichzeitigkeit von Säkularisierungsprozessen auf der einen Seite und Prozessen religiöser Revitalisierung auf der anderen Seite. Nach einem theoretischen Abriss über das Thema Säkularisierung beschäftigt sich der Autor mit den Themen "Zivilgesellschaft und Religion", "Zivilreligion in Deutschland" und "moderne öffentliche Religion und Zivilreligion". Er gelangt zu dem Ergebnis, dass in Anbetracht der Globalisierungsprozesse, der transnationalen Vernetzung und Migration ein neuer Diskurs über das Verhältnis von Politik und Religion nötig ist. Um die Gefahr religiöser Verkoppelung mit nationalistischer, ethnischer Identitätspolitik zu bannen, wird für das Bestehen der zunehmend multikulturellen Gesellschaften die Reproduktion der modernen Staatsbürgerschaftsidee immer wichtiger. (ICF)

This book focuses on religious tolerance and intolerance in terms of practices, institutions, and intellectual habits. It brings together an array of historical and anthropological studies and philosophical, cognitive, and psychological explorations by established scholars from a range of disciplines. Whilst the challenge of promoting tolerance has mostly been treated as a value or practice of demographic or religious majorities, this book offers a broader take and pays attention to minority perspectives. It is a valuable reference for scholars of Religious Studies, the Sociology of Religion and the History of Religion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247] - 269) and index

Dieser erste Band der interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Reihe "Religion im kulturellen Kontext" bietet unter der Fragestellung "Postsäkular?" zu den Schwerpunktthemen "Kultur - Religion - Gesellschaft", "Religion und Politik", "Religion und Ethik", "interreligiöser Dialog", "Religion und Schule" u. a. folgende Beiträge: "Religion und Politik jenseits von Kirche und Staat", "Religion im öffentlichen Raum", "Religion im bioethischen Diskurs", "Religion und Protest", "Schutz vor Diskriminierung wegen Religion", "Kreuz und Kopftuch", "Religion im deutschen Verfassungsrecht", "Das Schulfach 'Werte und Normen'", "'Verletzlichkeit' im interreligiösen Dialog und im interreligiösen Lernen", "Religiöse Bildung und soziales Gedächtnis in der 'generation global'".

The articles seeks to understand the politics of transnational Islamic family law in Canada, the United States, France and Germany, through the migration of one particular legal institution: Mahr, "the gift which the bridegroom has to give to the bride when the contract of marriage is made and which becomes the property of the wife." The issue of Mahr typically presents itself in a crisis-like fashion: married Muslim women, engaged in religiously structured marriages, and living in Western liberal states, reach out to the secular court upon the dissolution of their marriage to claim the enforcement of Mahr, presumably because their husbands have previously refused to give them the amount of deferred Mahr. Through an analysis of the case law, I will explore the ways in which legal pluralism, formal equality and substantive equality are being used by courts to accept or root out Islamic law from the family of institutions that are deemed appropriate in Western countries. How do the diverse and contradictory conceptual themes around Islamic law and Islamic theory get received or brought to Western liberal courts? What are the modes of influence in the selection and imposition processes of Mahr as a legal transplant? Does the reification of religion by courts simultaneously fragment it as rules move across borders? Does the way Mahr travels affect subjectivity, in both productive and reactive terms? ; (Product of workshop No. 6 at the 10th MRM 2009).

Through interviews with Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, this book explores intersections between religion, citizenship, gender and feminism. How do religious women think about citizenship, and how do they practice citizenship in everyday life? How important is faith in their lives, and how is religion bound up with other identities such as gender and nationality? What are their views on 'gender equality', women's movements and feminism? The answers offered by this book are complex. Religion can be viewed as both a resource and a barrier to women's participation. The interviewed women talk about citizenship in terms of participation, belonging, love, care, tolerance and respect. Some seek gender equality within their religious communities, while others accept different roles and spaces for women. 'Natural' differences between women and men and their equal value are emphasized more than equal rights. Women's movements are viewed as having made positive contributions to women's status, but interviewees are also critical of claims related to abortion and divorce, and of feminism's allegedly selfish, unwomanly, anti-men and power-seeking stance. In the interviews, Christian privilege is largely invisible and silenced, while Muslim disadvantage is both visible and articulated. Line Nyhagen and Beatrice Halsaa unpack and make sense of these findings, discussing potential implications for the relationship between religion, gender and feminism"

There is an "American Way" to religion and race unlike anyplace else in the world, and the rise of religious pluralism in contemporary American (together with the continuing legacy of the racism of the past and misapprehensions in the present) render its understanding crucial. Paul Harvey's Bounds of Their Habitation, the latest installment in the acclaimed American Ways Series, concisely surveys the evolution and interconnection of race and religion throughout American history. Harvey pierces through the often overly academic treatments afforded these essential topics to accessibly delineate a narrative between our nation's revolutionary racial and religious beginnings, and our increasingly contested and pluralistic future. Anyone interested in the paths America's racial and religious histories have traveled, where they've most profoundly intersected, and where they will go from here, will thoroughly enjoy this book and find its perspectives and purpose essential for any deeper understanding of the soul of the American nation.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: South Asian Migration and Religious Pluralism in Europe -- 1 A Universal Hinduism? Dancing Coloniality in Multicultural London -- 2 'Our Future will be in India': Travelling Nuns between Europe and South Asia -- 3 The Status and Role of the Norwegian-Pakistani Mosque: Interfaith Harmony and Women's Rights in Norway -- 4 The Mobility of Religion: Settling Jainism and Hinduism in the Belgian Public Sphere -- 5 Sikh Associational Life in Britain: Gender and Generation in the Public Sphere -- 6 Temple Publics as Interplay of Multiple Public Spheres: Public Faces of Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu Life in Switzerland -- 7 Buddhist, Hindu, Kirati, or Something Else? Nepali Strategies of Religious Belonging in the UK and Belgium -- 8 Hindutva and its Discontents in Denmark -- 9 Sikhs in Italy: Khalsa Identity from Mimesis to Display -- 10 'Our Lady of Carmo is the Patroness of our Family': Migration, Religion and Belonging of Portuguese-Goan Brahmans Converted to Catholicism -- 11 Ganesha Caturthi and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Paris: Inventing Strategies of Visibility and Legitimacy in a Plural Monoculturalist Society -- 12 From Sanskrit Classicism to Tamil Devotion: Shifting Images of Hinduism in Germany -- 13 A Suitable Faith: Catholicism, Domestic Labour and Identity Politics among Malayalis in Rome