Adam Possamai
Religion and Change in Australia
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This timely book offers a panoramic overview of the enduring significance of religion in Australia. Drawing on both foundational and contemporary studies of religion and society, it contests conventional assumptions around the extent of secularisation in Australia and instead argues that religious institutions, groups, and individuals have proved remarkably adaptable to social change and continue to play a major role in Australian life.After the Second World War, Australia, in common with other Western societies, appeared to have become increasingly secularised. Religious observance declined dramatically, and it was commonplace to speak of Au…
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This timely book offers a panoramic overview of the enduring significance of religion in Australia. Drawing on both foundational and contemporary studies of religion and society, it contests conventional assumptions around the extent of secularisation in Australia and instead argues that religious institutions, groups, and individuals have proved remarkably adaptable to social change and continue to play a major role in Australian life.After the Second World War, Australia, in common with other Western societies, appeared to have become increasingly secularised. Religious observance declined dramatically, and it was commonplace to speak of Australia in the post-war period as a secular society. However, Religion and Change in Australia challenges this view. The 2016 census revealed that over half of the population still identify as Christian, whilst in politics, the religious right has come to exert considerable influence on the Liberal-National Coalition, and has led to a normalisation of religion in political discourse. Further, new technologies, such as the internet and social media, have provided additional avenues for religious expression and proselytization, in conjunction with so-called 'Mega-Churches' that have been built to cater to their increasing congregations. The adoption of multiculturalism and immigration from Asia has also led to a religiously pluralist society, though this has often been controversial. In particular, the position of Islam in Australia has been the subject of fierce debate and Islamophobic attitudes still remain. Atheism, non-belief and alternative spiritualities have also become increasingly widespread, especially amongst the young.Given these developments, and firmly grounded in history, Religion and Change in Australia argues that if Australia is today a post-secular society, the processes of desecularisation are not uniform, and have manifested differently at the micro, meso and macro level. In doing so, it draws on sociological perspectives and explores how religion intersects with a wide range of other contemporary issues, including politics, race, migration, gender, and new media. This book is therefore a vital resource for students, academics and general readers seeking to understand contemporary debates surrounding religion and secularisation in Australia.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Tittensor, David
- ISBN: 978-1-00-052961-6
- EAN: 9781000529616
- Produktnummer: 37195304
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 7 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 7 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 19 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Adam Possamai is Professor of Sociology and Deputy Dean at the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen academic books, 5 novels, and close to 100 refereed articles and book chapters. He is a past president of the International Sociological Association's Committee 22 on the Sociology of Religion and of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion. He has been a visiting professor at the City University of New York and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His latest books are the Sage Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion (edited with Anthony Blasi, Sage, 2020), The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism in Christianity (edited with Giuseppe Giordan, Springer, 2020), The I-zation of Society, Religion, and Neoliberal Post-Secularism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Sociology of Exorcism in Late Modernity (with Giuseppe Giordan, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), and the short stories collection Perles Noires (Rivière Blanche, 2021).David Tittensor is a Lecturer in Studies of Religion in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Melbourne. His research interests are Muslim movements, Turkish politics and society, and religion and development with a focus on Islam. He is the author of The House of Service: The Gülen Movement and Islam's Third Way (Oxford University Press, 2014), co-editor (with Matthew Clarke) of Islam and Development: Exploring the Invisible Aid Economy (Routledge, 2014), co-editor (with Fethi Mansouri) of The Politics of Women and Migration in the Global South (Palgrave, 2017) and is a series editor for Muslims in Global Societies (Springer).
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