{"product_id":"when-god-comes-to-town-9780857458070","title":"When God Comes to Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe strength of the book lies in its treatment of a crucial topic through historical and ethnographic material which is drawn from various cross-cultural case studies illustrating the vastness of the issue in question…offer[ing] a wealth of material on the dynamic relationship between religious traditions and urban contexts around the world\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Contemporary Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis book is a neat little volume with clear localized case studies…showing how urbanization generally influences the religiosity of everyday life in modern urban centres… In general, the book is easy to read and suitable as a student reader or an academic or postgraduate reference text. It is high time that anthropologists consider modern urban religiosity and its contested spatial practices with the seriousness they deserve\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e When God Comes to Town\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRik Pinxten\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLisa Dikomitis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: NATION VERSUS STATE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Religion and Nationality: The Tangled Greek Case\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRenée Hirschon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e A Church Lost in the Maze of a City without References\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBruno Drweski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003eThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Urbanism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSimon Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ecology and Economy of Urban Religious Space: A Socio-Historical Account of Quakers in Town\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: URBAN MIGRATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Rural Immigrants and Official Religion in an Urban Religious Festival in Greece\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGiorgos Vozikas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e From the City to the Village and Back: Greek Cypriot Refugees Engaging in ‘Pilgrimages’ across the Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLisa Dikomitis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: IMPACT OF MODERNITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Reading the City Religious: Urban Transformations and Social Reconstruction in Recife, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarjo de Theije\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Modernity Contra Tradition? Taijiquan’s Struggle for Survival: A Chinese Case Study\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDan Vercammen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038917198167,"sku":"9780857458070","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857458070.jpg?v=1750941930","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-god-comes-to-town-9780857458070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}