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Book SynopsisInterreligious 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.
Table of ContentsList of Figures, Table and Illustrations Contributors Introduction: Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics Giuseppe 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: Cordoba’s Mosque Cathedral and Berlin’s House of One Mar Griera, Marian Burchardt and Avi Astor 2 Struggling to Establish Jewish-Muslim Dialogue in a Paris Synagogue after the 2015 Attacks Samuel Sami Everett 3 The Lingsar Festival on Lombok, Indonesia: Cooperation and Contestation at a Shared Sacred Site Volker Gottowik 4 Beyond Interreligious Dialogue: Oral-Based Interreligious Engagements in Indonesia Izak Y.M. Lattu 5 Geopolitics and Interreligious Dialogue: A Phenomenological Turn in Transnational Churches Tanner Morrison Part 2: Interreligious Governance and Politics 6 Enacting Diversity: Boundary Work and Performative Dynamics in Interreligious Activities Alexander-Kenneth Nagel 7 Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding: A Case Study on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Post-conflict Educational System Giuseppe Giordan, Adriana Michilli and Siniša Zrinščak 8 Municipal Interreligious Dialogue in Bordeaux: Between the “Politics of Diversity” and a Catholicentric Laïcité Gwendoline Malogne-Fer 9 Minorities and Interreligious Dialogue: From Silent Witnesses to Agents of Change Emanuela C. Del Re 10 Interreligious and Interfaith Dialogue in Post-Soviet Russia: Debates about Secularism and Post-secularism Marianna Napolitano Part 3: Interreligious Action and Social Context 11 Commitment without Borders: Jewish-Muslim Relations and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Habitus in Berlin Elisabeth Becker 12 Conversion Dialogue and Resilient Pluralism Oleg Dik 13 More than Tea and Samosas: Dialogue for Action in Leicester Tom Wilson 14 Through One Another’s Lenses: Photovoice and Interfaith Dialogue Roman 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 Commission’s Recommendations in the Indian Context Arpita Mitra 16 The Cube of Love Experience at School: Fostering Peaceful Societies Through a Pedagogy of Dialogue Marianna Pavan and Alberto García Index
