Countering the Global

Anti-Global Religion, Global Dissent and Multiple Globalisms
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71905-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

Reihe: International Studies in Religion and Society

Most great religious traditions are global in scope, but they are often used to promote nationalist and isolationist ideas. Why do politicians in Poland and Lithuania stress the strong bond between the Catholic Church and the national identities? And how are ethno-religious conflicts expressed in Norway? In this book, you will find new data and new insights, providing explanations for these and other questions. Fascinating case studies from Europe and China are the basis for analyses on how global interconnectedness sparks both unity and conflict within religious spheres, demonstrating the interplay of local and global influences as well as the dynamics of glocalization.

Contributors are: Milda Ališauskiene, Peter B. Andersen, Eileen Barker, Peter Beyer, Irena Borowik, Lisbet Christoffersen, Inger Furseth, Peter Gundelach, Annika Hvithamar, Massimo Introvigne, Hans Raun Iversen, Brian Arly Jacobsen, Niels Kærgaard, Pål Repstad, and Morten Warmind.

Brill publications by Margit Warburg

Books

- Citizens of the World. A History and Sociology of the Baha’is from a Globalisation Perspective (2006). ISBN 978 90 04 14373 9 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 40746 1 (E-Book). Published as Volume 106 in Numen Book Series

- Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009) (Edited with Annika Hvithamar & Brian Jacobsen). ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society

Book chapters & journal articles

- "Globalization, Migration and the Two Types of Religious Boundary: A European Perspective." In: Peter Beyer & Lori Beaman (Eds.), Religion, Globalization and Culture (2007), pp. 79–99. ISBN 978 90 04 15407 0 (Paperback) / 978 90 47 42271 6 (E-Book). Published as Volume 6 in International Studies in Religion and Society. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004154070.i-608.34

- "Introducing Civil Religion, Nationalism and Globalisation." (With Annika Hvithamar) In: Annika Hvithamar, Brian Jacobsen & Margit Warburg (Eds.), Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009), pp. 1–17. ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004178281.i-310.3

- "Transnational Civil Religion: The Fourth of July in Denmark." In: Annika Hvithamar, Brian Jacobsen & Margit Warburg (Eds.), Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (2009), pp. 271–293. ISBN 978 90 04 17828 1 (Hardback) / 978 90 47 44063 5 (E-Book). Published as Volume 10 in International Studies in Religion and Society. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004178281.i-310.106

- "Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions." In: Anh Nga Longva & Anne Sofie Roald (Eds.), Religious Minorities in the Middle East. Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation (2012), pp. 195–218. ISBN 978 90 04 20742 4 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 29044 0 (Paperback) / 978 90 04 21684 6 (E-Book). Published as Volume 108 in Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004216846_010

- "The Baha'is of the North." In: James R. Lewis & Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen (Eds.), Handbook of Nordic New Religions (2015), pp. 77–92. ISBN 978 90 04 29244 4 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 29246 8 (E-Book). Published as Volume 11 in Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004292468_006

- "By Grace: Recognition of Religious Minority Associations in Denmark from the Reformation until 2018." In: Journal of Religion in Europe 12(4): 353–383 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-01204001

- "Pros and Cons in Multidisciplinary Research on Religion." In: Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon & Anna-Sara Lind (Eds.), Doing Multidisciplinary Research on Religion: Methodological, Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges (2024), pp. 84–101. ISBN 978 90 04 67780 7 (Hardback) / 978 90 04 67779 1 (E-Book). Published as Volume 36 in International Studies in Religion and Society. Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004677791_008

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jacobsen, Brian Arly

Warmind, Morten

Andersen, Peter B.

Hvithamar, Annika

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Countering the Global

Brian Arly Jacobsen, Morten Warmind, Peter B. Andersen
and Annika Hvithamar

Margit Warburg

Peter B. Andersen, Morten Warmind and Brian Arly Jacobsen

part 1: Theoretical Approaches to the Field of Globalization and Anti-globalization

1 Modern Religion(s) in the Context of Globalisation: the Rise and Decline of Westphalian Religious Dominance

Peter Beyer

2 Citizens of the World?

Eileen Barker

3 Local and Cosmopolitan Orientations and Religiosity

Peter Gundelach

part 2: State Reactions to Global Religion

4 Religion as Indicator and Cause of Social Behaviour

Niels Kærgård

5 Ethno-Religious Conflicts over Religion in Norway –Why They Are Only Moderately Strong

Pål Repstad

6 Religion and Nonreligion in Norwegian Migration Policy Documents

Inger Furseth

7 Religion, Globalism, and Dissent in Xi Jinping’s China

Massimo Introvigne

PART 3: The National Churches’ Reaction to Globalization

8 Is Intertwinement (Still) a Solution When Global Secular Claims Meet Anti-global Religious Norms in National Legislation?

Lisbet Christoffersen

9 Four Types of Locative and Utopian Christianity Today

Hans Raun Iversen

10 When Global Becomes Local: the Process of (Non)Granting State Recognition to the Ancient Baltic Religion Organisation Romuva in 2017–2019

Milda Ališauskiene

11 The Role of Religion in Transformations of Identity in Poland

Irena Borowik

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Arly Jacobsen, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. His research is mainly in the area of religion and politics and religious minority groups in Denmark. His publications include the edited volume Holy Nations and Global Identities: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (with Margit Warburg and Annika Hvithamar; Brill, 2009) and Religion og grundlov (with Niels Valdemar Vinding and Mikele Schultz-Knudsen; Djøf Forlag, 2024).

Morten Warmind, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. His interests include pre-Christian north-European religious tradition, such as Nordic and Celtic religion and society, modern religious importance and the role of early Christianity. His recent publications include Religionssociologiske perspektiver på religion i Danmark (edited with Annika Hvithamar, Brian Arly Jacobsen, and Peter B. Andersen; Forlaget Univers, 2022).

Peter B. Andersen, Ph.D., dr.phil., Associate Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His work concerns religion in modernity. In Europe, his research has mainly been survey-based; in India, it has been conducted through fieldwork and archive studies. His recent works include The Santal Rebellion 1855-1856: The Call of Thakur (Routledge, 2023).

Annika Hvithamar, Ph.D., is Head of Department at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. Her research is within the contemporary Russian Orthodox Church and global Christianity. Her work includes Holy Nations and Global Identities: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation (edited with Margit Warburg and Brian Arly Jacobsen; Brill, 2009), Ruslands ikoner (Gyldendal, 2009), and Religionssociologiske perspektiver på religion i Danmark (edited with Brian Arly Jacobsen, Peter B. Andersen and Morten Warmind; Forlaget Univers, 2022).