Religion, Tradition and the Popular

Transcultural Views from Asia and Europe. Edited by Judith Schlehe & Evamaria Sandkühler.

Asia and Europe: a rapid development of religious popular cultures and lifestyles can be observed. This book provides unique case studies illustrating new religious practices, forms of articulation and mass mediatization. - A rapid development of religious popular cultures and lifestyles can be observed across the globe. This book provides unique case studies from Asia and Europe illustrating new religious practices, forms of articulation and mass mediatization, all of which render religious traditions significant for contemporary issues and concerns. The essays examine experiences of spirituality in combination with commercialization and expressive performative practices as well as everyday politics of identity. Based on innovative theoretical reflections, the essays take into consideration what the transcultural negotiation of religion, tradition and the popular signifies in different places and social contexts. With contributions by Hubert Knoblauch, Anthony Reid, Peter J. Braunlein, Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Ariel Heryanto, Judith Schlehe, Evamaria Sandkühler, Ehler Voss, Anna-Katharina Hopflinger, Stefanie von Schnurbein and René Gründer. 285 Seiten, broschiert (History in Popular Cultures; Vol. 12/transcript Verlag 2014)