Handbook of Leaving Religion

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-33092-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion

The Handbook of Leaving Religion introduces a neglected field of research with the aim to outline previous and contemporary research, and suggest how the topic of leaving religion should be studied in the future. The handbook consists of three sections: 1) Major debates about leaving religion; 2) Case studies and empirical insights; and 3) Theoretical and methodological approaches. Section one provides the reader with an introduction to key terms, historical developments, major controversies and significant cases. Section two includes case studies that illustrate various processes of leaving religion from different perspectives, and each chapter provides new empirical insights. Section three discusses, presents and encourages new approaches to the study of leaving religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Enstedt, Daniel

Larsson, Göran

T Mantsinen, Teemu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionskritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

1 Leaving Religion: Introducing the Field

Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson and Teemu T. Mantsinen

Part 1: Historical and Major Debates

2 Leaving Hinduism

Clemens Cavallin

3 Leaving Buddhism

Monica Lindberg Falk

4 Leaving Religion in Antiquity

Jörgen Magnusson

5 Leaving Judaism

Lena Roos

6 Leaving Christianity

Teemu T. Mantsinen and Kati Tervo-Niemelä

7 Leaving Islam

Christine Schirrmacher

Part 2: Case Studies

8 Leaving Hinduism: Deconversion as Liberation

Michael Stausberg

9 Leaving Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar

Niklas Foxeus

10 Leaving Vipassana Meditation

Masoumeh Rahmani

11 Leaving Orthodox Judaism

David Belfon

12 Leaving the Amish

David L. McConnell

13 Leaving Evangelicalism

Philip Salim Francis

14 Leaving Pentecostalism

Teemu T. Mantsinen

15 Leaving Roman Catholicism

Hugh Turpin

16 Leaving Mormonism

Amorette Hinderaker

17 Leaving Islam for Christianity: Asylum Seeker Converts

Nora Stene

18 Leaving Islam from a Queer Perspective

Erica Li Lundqvist

19 Leaving New Religions

Carole M. Cusack

20 Non-Religion and Atheism

Caleb Schaffner and Ryan T. Cragun

Part 3: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

21 Historical Approaches to Leaving Religion

Ryan Szpiech

22 Geographical and Demographic Approaches to Leaving Religion

Lily Kong and Orlando Woods

23 Statistical Approaches to Leaving Religion

Isabella Kasselstrand

24 Sociological Approaches to Leaving Religion

Daniel Enstedt

25 Psychological Approaches to Leaving Religion

Kyle Messick and Miguel Farias

26 Narrative and Autobiographical Approaches to Leaving Religion

Peter G. Stromberg

27 Media and Communication Approaches to Leaving Religion

Teemu Taira

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Enstedt, Ph.D. (2011), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at that university. His research focus is mainly on contemporary religion and the sociology of religion, especially in the field of lived religion. He has studied apostasy and Islam in Sweden, religion and digital media, sexuality and Christianity, and new expressions of spirituality in Sweden.

Göran Larsson, Ph.D. (2000), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), is Professor of Religious Studies/History of Religions at that university. He has published extensively on Islam and Muslims in Europe in both past and present. Besides the study of Islam and Muslims, Larsson has also published on religion and media, migration, global conflicts and theoretical and methodological issues.

Teemu T. Mantsinen/, Ph.D. (2014), University of Turku (Finland), is Researcher of the Study of Religion at that university. His previous works include studies on Pentecostalism, social class, social transformations, migration, and Orthodox pilgrimage.

Contributors are: David Belfon, Clemens Cavallin, David McConnell, Ryan T. Cragun, Carole Cusack, Daniel Enstedt, Monica Lindberg Falk, Miguel Farias, Niklas Foxeus, Philip Francis, Amorette Hinderaker, Isabella Kasselstrand, Lily Kong, Göran Larsson, Erica Li Lundqvist, Jörgen Magnusson, Teemu T. Mantsinen, Kyle Messick, Masoumeh Rahmani, Lena Roos, Caleb Schaffner, Christine Schirrmacher, Michael Stausberg, Nora Stene, Peter G. Stromberg, Ryan Szpiech, Teemu Taira, Kati Tervo-Niemelä, Hugh Turpin, Orlando Woods.