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When God Comes to Town: Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts

When God Comes to Town: Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts

Pinxten, Rik
Dikomitis, Lisa

Hardcover

Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture, Book 4

Religion General AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1845455541
ISBN13: 9781845455545
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English


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 question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Anthropologists, historians and political scientists have come together in this volume to analyse attempts made by churches and informal groups to adapt to these changes and, at the same time, to explore new ways to study religions in a largely urbanized environment.

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