Appearance Of Religion Research Articles

Religious Identity in Hanoi, Vietnam Today

Hanoi is home of many major religions in Vietnam. Religious activities are more active, diverse, abundant and become more orderly. From an overview of the religion appearance in Hanoi, this thesis provides some of the religious features in Hanoi. At the same time, the thesis studies the process of formation, development and main activities of some typical religions in Hanoi in the current context such as Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Caodaism, Baha'i Faith, Islam and the Buddhist association of Theravada - Minh Su Dao. Thereby, we can see that the activities of the religions in Hanoi city are always diverse, abundant and have a direct influence on the life of the people in Hanoi city.

Playing with Religion in Contemporary Theatre

Contemporary theatre sometimes uses religious language, symbols, and poses. What do these references mean? Reflection on four productions shows the usefulness of tools developed in the study of liturgy. First, this helps to produce an account of the roles of the sacred and of community in theatre shows. Secondly, this throws light on the appearance of religion in ‘liquid modernity’. Thirdly, the study of religion in theatre shows how boundaries between fields are fluid – not only between arts and religion, but also between the field of arts and the academic field. Both deal with the significance of religion in a world where religious traditions are questioned and used, both in and outside the religious sphere.

Pyrrhic Victories: How the Secularization Doctrine Undermines the Sanctity of Religion

Over the past 25 years, federal courts have sanctioned displays of religious symbols on public property – including the creche, the Ten Commandments, and the Latin cross – by privileging their secular value or because nearby secular symbols wash away their religiosity. This paper contends that these cases have resulted in government secularization of the religious. Though the appearance of religion has increased in the Public Square, this effort has been partially self-defeating because the distinctive substance of religion has been eroded by this jurisprudence, thereby weakening the sanctity of religion. Minimizing the religious import of these symbols makes dialogue over the proper reach of the Establishment Clause effectively impossible.

La religion dans le roman feuilleton allemand

The Author studies the mode of appearance of religion in the popular, serialized, German novel. Through the different versions of this literary genre (sentimental novel, medical novel, regional history, western...) the analysis permits the discovery of a functio nal, lived experience comparable to the religious experience habi tually investigated by the social sciences with the aid of other indicators. « Trivial religion » with this light shed upon it seems to corres pond rather well to aesthetic or philosophical needs for security, the very simple structure of which accord with the role of the con sumer as individual.

Individualism, Societalism, Worldliness, Universalism: Thematizing Theoretical Sociology of Religion

This paper starts with a discussion of the relationship between new developments in the sociology of religion and the appearance of religion as a topic in recent general sociological theory. Arguing that in the works of the classical sociologists religion was always connected to central features of societies, overlaps between Weber and Durkheim are discussed with reference to the relationship between religious commitment, trans-societal commitment and the viability of national societies. Morality, rationality, individualism and internationalism are attended to. Such themes of classical sociology are then related to similar concerns in the work, inter alia, of Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Comte, Marx, and Tocqueville. After a re-assessment of the convergence between Weber and Durkheim modern sociological interest in religion is discussed with particular reference to sub-societal, societal and trans-societal commitments. The overall exercise involves an attempt to give thematic body both to the sociology of religion as a special area of study and to general-theoretical concern with such matters as religion, identity and legitimation.