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Books (400 pp + 250 pp elective monograph, see below)
Davie, G. (2007) The Sociology of Religion (London: Sage Publications) 250 s.
Leirvik, Oddbj?rn: Interreligious studies. A relational approach to religious activism and the study of religion. Forthcoming 2014, for sale at the faculty (160 s).
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Articles (360 pp)
All articles are available in Fronter text archive
Secularization, religious systems, public religion (95 pp):
Gorski, Phillip S. og Ates Altinordu. in: Annual Review of Sociology: After Secularization?, 2008. pp 55-77. Online article.
Zuckermann, Phil. in: Nordic Journal of Religion and Society: Why are Danes and Swedes so irreligious, 1/2009. pp. 55-69 (Fronter text archive).
Davie, Grace i: The Hedgehog Review: Is Europe an Exceptional Case, 2006. s 23-34. Online article.
Beyer, Peter: ‘The Religious System of Global Society: A Sociological Look at Contemporary Religion and Religons, in Numen 1: 1998, pp. 1-29 (Fronter text archive).
André van der Braak: The secular and the sacred as contested spaces? A cross-cultural hermeneutical investigation into Western and Chinese perspectives, unpublished manuscript for the conference “Contested Spaces, Common Ground?”, Bilbao 2013, 10 pp, (Fronter text archive)
Habermas, Jürgen: Religion in the Public Sphere, 2005. The Holberg Prize Seminar 2005. Holberg Prize Laureate Professor Jürgen Habermas. pp 10-19. Online article.
Anthropological approaches to the study of religion (45 pp):
Bowen, John in: Religions and Practice. An Approach to the Athropology of Religion : Studying Religion through Practice, 2011. Prentice Hall. Boston . pp. 1-7 (Fronter text archive).
Asad, Talal: The Idea of an Atnthropology of Islam. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1986. Pccasional Paper Series. Georgetown University (20 pp). Online article.
Gellner, David N.: Introduction: What is the Anthropology og Buddhism About?, 1990. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford . s 95-112. Online article.
Current developments, Islam (55 pp):
Roy, Oliver. in: Holy ignorance. When Religion and Culture Part Ways: Introduction, 2010. Hust&Company. London. pp 1-19 (Fronter text archive).
Esack, F. ‘In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11’ in O. Safi (red.) Progressive Muslims. On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism (Oxford:Oneworld 2003) pp. 78-97 (online artikkel)
Samdia Sadouni: ‘Ahmed Deedat, Internatinonalization, and Transformation of Islamic Polemic. Journal of Religion in Africa 1: 2013, pp. 53-73.
Current developments, Christianity (45 pp):
Leirvik, Oddbj?rn in: Sturla St?lsett (ed.) Spirits of Globalization. The Growth of Pentecostalism and Experiential Spiritualities in a Global Age: Charismatic Mission, Miracles and Faith-Based Diplomacy: The Case of Aril Edvardsen, 2006. SCM Press. London. pp 131-144 (Fronter text archive).
Peter Beyer: ‘De-centring Religious Singularity: The Globalization of Christianity as a Case in Point, in Numen 4: 2003, pp. 357-386 (Fronter text archive)
Current developments, new spiritualities (25 pp):
Paul Heelas: ‘The Spiritual Revolution of Northern Europe: Personal Beliefs’, in Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 2007: 1, 25 pp (Fronter text archive).
Interreligious relations (45 pp):
Horsfjord, Vebj?rn i: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue. : Reaching for the reset button for Muslim-Christian Relations. Recent Developments in the Common Word Process. , 1/2011. s 64 - 78.
A common word between Us and You. A letter from 138 Muslim leaders to Christian leaders worldwide (2007) p. 15 pp, Online document + Rowan Williams (2008): A Common Word for the Common Good 17 pp, Online document
Gender critical perspectives (50 pp):
Grung, Anne Hege. I: "Studies in Interreligious Dialogue" : Gender Justice in Muslim-Christian Readings: A Hermeneutical Case Study on Readings of Sura 4:34 and I TImothy 2:8-15 in a Group of Muslim and Christian Women in Norway. , 2/2011. pp.133-150 (Fronter text archive).
Woodhead, Linda i: James Beckford and N.J. Demerath (eds) "The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion": Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance, 2007. Sage. London, 20 pp (Fronter text archive)
Moghadam, V. M. (2005) Islamic feminism: its discontents and its prospects, International Congress of Islamic Feminism (Barcelona, October 2005), 12pp (Fronter text archive)
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Elective monograph (at least 250 pp)
Choose one book within one of the following thematic fields (other books may be considered):
a) Current developments in Christianity:
Jenkins, Peter.: The Next Christendom.The Coming of Global Christianity, 2007. Oxford University Press.
Jenkins, Peter: God’s Continent. Christianity, Islam and Europe's Religious Crisis. 2007. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
b) Current developments in Islam:
Amina Wadud: Inside the Gender Jihad. Women’s Reform in Islam, 2006. Oneworld. Oxford.
Roy, Olivier: Globalized Islam. The Search for a New Ummah , 2006. Hurst. London.
Mahmood, S. : Politics of Piety. The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject , 2004. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
El Fadl, K. A.: Speaking in God’s Name. Islamic Law, Authority, and Women , 2001. Oneworld. Oxford.
d) New spiritualities:
Salomonsen, Jone: Enchanted Feminism. The Reclaiming Witches of San Fransisco , 2001. Routledge. London.
Heelas, Paul : Spiritualities of Life: New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism , 2008. Wiley Blackwell. London.
e) Interreligious relations:
Esack, F. : Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism. An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious Solidarity against Oppression, 1997. Oneworld. Oxford.
Leirvik, Oddbj?rn: Human Conscience and Muslim-Christian Relations. Modern Egyptian Thinkers on al-damir. London: Routledge, 2006/2010.