When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Whsmith.co.uk

Oxford University Press Inc Situating Spirituality : Context, Practice, And Power

Whsmith.co.uk

Oxford University Press Inc Situating Spirituality : Context, Practice, And Power

Spirituality is in the spotlight. While levels of religious belief and observance are declining in much of the Western world, the number of people who identify as "spiritual but not religious" is on the rise.Practices such as yoga, meditation, and pilgrimage are surging in popularity. "Wellness" regimes offer practitioners a lexicon of spirituality and an array of spiritual experiences.Commentators talk of a new spiritual awakening "after religion." And global mobility is generating hybrid practices that blur the lines between religion and spirituality.The essays collected in Situating Spirituality: Context, Practice, and Power examine not only individual engagements with spirituality, but they show how seemingly personal facets of spirituality, as well as definitions of spirituality itself, are deeply shaped by religious, cultural, and political contexts.The volume is explicitly cross-national and comparative.The contributors are leading scholars of major global regions: North America, Central America, East Asia, South Asia, Africa and the African Diaspora, Western Europe, and the Middle East.They study not only Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, but also non-Abrahamic societies with native as well as transnational sacred traditions.

from £27.59
Seller: Whsmith.co.uk

Latest products

By Continuing to use this site you confirm, your consent to us and our partners collecting data from you, using cookies to serve personalised ads, tailoring content to you and optimising the site itself. You can learn more about the collection and use of your data and to change your preferences at any time by seeing our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Accept