Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics discusses how interreligious dialogue takes place within, and is influenced by, important sociological categories and theories, such as modernity, secularization, deprivatization, social movements, and pluralism. Starting from the study of interreligious coexistence, sacred spaces, and multi-religious rituals, the book explores the patterns of interreligious governance and politics and forms of interreligious social action in European, North American, and West and South Asian contexts. The contributors to this volume apply broader theories of organizational change and planning, communication, urban neighborhood and community studies, functionalist perspectives, and symbolic interactionism, thus presenting a wide range of possibilities for sociological engagement with studies on interreligious dialogue.
Giuseppe Giordan, Ph.D. (2002), is Professor of Sociology at the University of Padova. He is co-editor of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (Brill). His sociological research focuses on the interaction between religion and spirituality, religious and cultural pluralism, and religions and human rights.
Andrew P. Lynch holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Auckland, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. He is co-author (with Craig Browne) of Taylor and Politics: A Critical Introduction (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).
Contributors are: Ammar Amonette, Avi Astor, Elisabeth Becker, Michael S. Bos, Marian Burchardt, Emanuela C. Del Re, Oleg Dik, Kaitlyn Eeckhoff, Samuel Sami Everett, Alberto GarcÃa, Giuseppe Giordan, Volker Gottowik, Mar Griera, Catherine Holtmann, Izak Y. M. Lattu, Andrew P. Lynch, Gwendoline Malogne-Fer, Adriana Michilli, Arpita Mitra, Tanner Morrison, Alexander-Kenneth Nagel, Marianna Napolitano, Marianna Pavan, William L. Sachs, Elena G. van Stee, Roman R. Williams, Tom Wilson, SiniÅ¡a ZrinÅ¡Äak
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Contributors
Introduction: Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics
âGiuseppe Giordan and Andrew P. Lynch
Part 1: Interreligious Coexistence, Sacred Spaces and Multi-Religious Rituals
1 European Identities, Heritage, and the Iconic Power of Multi-Religious Buildings: Cordobaâs Mosque Cathedral and Berlinâs House of One
âMar Griera, Marian Burchardt and Avi Astor
2 Struggling to Establish Jewish-Muslim Dialogue in a Paris Synagogue after the 2015 Attacks
âSamuel Sami Everett
3 The Lingsar Festival on Lombok, Indonesia: Cooperation and Contestation at a Shared Sacred Site
âVolker Gottowik
4 Beyond Interreligious Dialogue: Oral-Based Interreligious Engagements in Indonesia
âIzak Y.M. Lattu
5 Geopolitics and Interreligious Dialogue: A Phenomenological Turn in Transnational Churches
âTanner Morrison
11 Commitment without Borders: Jewish-Muslim Relations and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Habitus in Berlin
âElisabeth Becker
12 Conversion Dialogue and Resilient Pluralism
âOleg Dik
13 More than Tea and Samosas: Dialogue for Action in Leicester
âTom Wilson
14 Through One Anotherâs Lenses: Photovoice and Interfaith Dialogue
âRoman R. Williams, William L. Sachs, Catherine Holtmann, Elena G. van Stee, Kaitlyn Eekhoff, Michael Bos and Ammar Amonette
15 Interreligious Education in a Post-secular World: The Relevance of the Radhakrishnan Commissionâs Recommendations in the Indian Context
âArpita Mitra
16 The Cube of Love Experience at School: Fostering Peaceful Societies Through a Pedagogy of Dialogue
âMarianna Pavan and Alberto GarcÃa
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All interested in the study of interreligious dialogue from a socioreligious and sociopolitical perspectives, and anyone concerned with the modern history of interreligious dialogue in Europe, North America, and West and South Asia.