Religion Beyond Its Private Role in Modern Society

The volume Religion beyond its Private Role in Modern Society aims at contributing to the debate on the distinction between public and private spheres with regard to the role of religion in modern societies.

About the author

Willem Hofstee, PhD. (1997), University of Groningen, is Senior Lecturer of Social Anthropology of Religion at Leiden University. He has conducted anthropological fieldwork in Japan, Italy and Brazil, and has published on the history of the academic study of religion, on New Religious Movements and Method and Theory in the study of religion.

Arie van der Kooij, Ph.D. (1978), Utrecht University, is Professor emeritus of Old Testament Studies at Leiden University. He has published monographs and many articles on ancient translations of the Hebrew Bible, in particular the Old Greek version (Septuagint).

Contributors include: Bart Labuschagne, Linda Woodhead, Niek Brunsveld, Dick Douwes, Mohammed Ghaly, Heleen Murre-van den Berg, David Novak, Alexandros Sakellariou, Matthew Tennant, Bruno Verbeek, Ernestine G.E. van der Wall, William Arfman, Stef Aupers, Jeroen Boekhoven, Meerten B. ter Borg, and Kees de Groot.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wim Hofstee (Editor), A van der Kooij (Editor), A. van der Kooij (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2013
• EAN: 9789004257849
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25784-9
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: International Studies in Relig
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)