Sites and Politics of Religious Diversity in Southern Europe - The Best of All Gods

Moving beyond the current media verves, this book debates, from a critical perspective, case studies on the sites and politics of religious diversity in Southern Europe.

About the author

Ruy Blanes, Ph.D. (2007) is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bergen and associated researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon. He has conducted research on the anthropology of Christianity in Portugal, Spain and Angola. He is the author of A Prophetic Trajectory (Berghahn, 2013).

José Mapril, Ph.D. (2009) is an invited lecturer, department of Anthropology, New University of Lisbon and an associate researcher at CRIA-UNL. He is specialized in migration studies and Islam, with research in Bangladesh and in Lisbon. He is the author of Islão e Transnacionalismo (2012, Imprensa de Ciencias Sociais).

Contributors include: Anna Fedele, Barbara Bertolani, Clara Saraiva, Cristina Sanchez-Carretero, Ester Gallo, Eugenia Roussou, Fabio Peroco, Inam Leghari, José Mapril, Katerine Seraidari, Maria Del Mar Griera, Manuela Canton Delgado, Nora Repo, Ramon Sarró, Ruy Blanes, Sandra Santos, Silvia Sai, Trine-Staunig Willert, Virtudes Tellez Delgado.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ruy Blanes (Editor), José Mapril (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9789004255234
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25523-4
• No. of pages: 414
• Weight: 773 g
• Series: International Studies in Relig
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories