TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coleman,Simon
AU  - Collins,Peter
TI  - Religion, identity, and change: perspectives on global transformations 
T2  - Religion and theology in interdisciplinary perspectives series
SN  - 0754604500
AV  - BL60 .R323 2004
U1  - 306.60941 21
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Aldershot, Hants, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Religion
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Kieran Flanagan --; 1; Introduction - Ambiguous Attachments: Religion, Identity and Nation; Simon Coleman and Peter Collins --; 2; Losing Our Space, Finding Our Place? The Changing Identity of the English Parish Church; Martyn Percy --; 3; The Changing Identity of Catholics in England; Michael P. Hornsby-Smith --; 4; Identity and the Anglican Priesthood: Debates on the Ordination of Women and Homosexuals in Sociological Perspective; Martin D. Stringer --; 5; Religion, Identity and Change in Contemporary Wales; Paul Chambers --; 6; Unfinished Business - Devolving Scotland/Devolving Religion; Steve Sutcliffe --; 7; Time, Place and Mormon Sense of Self; Douglas Davies --; 8; American-led Urban Revivals as Ethnic Identity Arenas in Britain; Nancy A. Schaefer --; 9; Protestant Women - Protesting Faith: Tangling Secular and Religious Identity in Northern Ireland; Katy Radford --; 10; Islam, Identity and Globalisation: Reflections in the Wake of 11 September 2001; David Herbert --; 11; 'I'm a Gujarati Lohana and a Vaishnav as Well': Religious Identity Formation among Young Coventrian Punjabis and Gujaratis; Eleanor Nesbitt --; 12; Kinship Identity and Nonformative Spiritual Seekership; Matthew Wood
N2  - "This book addresses the need for a reassessment of issues relating to identity in the light of current transformation in society as a whole and religion in particular. Drawing together case-studies from many different expressions of faith and belief - Hindu, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Anglican, New Age - leading scholars ask how contemporary religions or spiritualities respond to the challenge of forming individual and collective identities in a nation context marked by secularisation and postmodern decentring of culture, as well as religious revitalisation. The book focuses on Britain as a context for religious change, but asks important questions that are of universal significance for those studying religion: How is personal and collective identity constructed in a world of multiple social and cultural influences? What role can religion play in creating, reinforcing or even transforming such identity?"--BOOK JACKET
ER  -