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1st Edition

Prayer and Politics

Edited By Peter van der Veer Copyright 2017
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge
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Prayer is an important religious practice that is rarely studied from the perspective of politics – and yet it should be. Though some forms of Protestantism teach that prayer should be individual and private, this is an exception rather than a rule. In many other religions and cultures, the regulation of collective and public prayer cannot be separated from the complex world of politics. Where is... Read more

Introduction Peter van der Veer

1. The politics of prayer books: Delegated intercession, names, and community boundaries in the Russian Orthodox Church Sonja Luehrmann

2. Prayer and pedagogy: Redefining education among Salafist Muslim women in France Z. Fareen Parvez

3. Creation of social space through prayers among Dalits in Kerala, India Sanal Mohan

4. Mimetic failure: Politics, prayer and possession Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi

5. The Muslim response to the Pentecostal surge in Nigeria: Prayer and the rise of charismatic Islam Ebenezer Obadare

6. Destroying arguments and captivating thoughts: Spiritual warfare prayer as global praxis Ruth Marshall

7. The militarization of prayer in America: White and Native American spiritual warfare Elizabeth McAlister

Biography

Peter van der Veer is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany. He is also Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has published widely about religion and nationalism in Asia and Europe. His latest book is The Value of Comparison (2016).

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