Religion in Motion

These chapters were orginally and first published in the collected volume Religion in Motion: Rethinking Religion, Knowledge and Discourse in a Globalizing World (2020, Springer), edited by Julian Hensold, Jordan Kynes, Philipp Öhlmann, Vanessa Rau, Rosa Coco Schinagl, and Adela Taleb.

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2020-05-29Teil eines Buches

Ways and Travels of the Sacred Feminine from Brazil to Central Europe Feminine Power and Agency in the Contemporary Umbanda Community Ilê Axé Oxum Abalô

Scharf da Silva, Inga

This study examines the Afro-Brazilian theology of the Orixás (Yorùbá deities from West Africa) as practised in a translocated and diasporic Umbanda community in the Central European region of Switzerland, Austria and ...
2020-05-29Teil eines Buches

Religion and Sustainable Development: The “Secular Distinction” in Development Policy and Its Implication for Development Cooperation with Religious Communities

Öhlmann, Philipp; Hunglinger, Stefan; Gräb, Wilhelm; Frost, Marie-Luise

Development policy and research increasingly recognize the potential contribution of religious communities to sustainable development. The emerging discourse on religion and development, however, is contingent on Western ...