{"product_id":"believing-in-belonging-belief-and-social-identity-in-the-modern-world-hardcover-1","title":"Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbby Day\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelieving in Belonging\u003c\/em\u003e draws on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries. Starting from a qualitative study based in northern England, and then broadening the data to include other parts of Europe and North America, Abby Day explores how people \"believe in belonging,\" choosing religious identifications to complement other social and emotional experiences of \"belongings.\" The concept of \"performative belief\" helps explain how otherwise non-religious people can bring into being a Christian identity related to social belongings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is often dismissed as \"nominal\" religious affiliation is far from an empty category, but one loaded with cultural \"stuff\" and meaning. Day introduces an original typology of natal, ethnic and aspirational nominalism that challenges established disciplinary theory in both the European and North American schools of the sociology of religion that assert that most people are \"unchurched\" or \"believe without belonging\" while privately maintaining beliefs in God and other \"spiritual\" phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study provides a unique analysis and synthesis of anthropological and sociological understandings of belief and proposes a holistic, organic, multidimensional analytical framework to allow rich cross cultural comparisons. Chapters focus in particular on: the genealogies of \"belief\" in anthropology and sociology, methods for researching belief without asking religious questions, the acts of claiming cultural identity, youth, gender, the \"social\" supernatural, fate and agency, morality and a development of anthropocentric and theocentric orientations that provides a richer understanding of belief than conventional religious\/secular distinctions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Abby Day, \u003c\/strong\u003e Reader of Race, Faith, \u0026amp; Culture in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, is an internationally recognised scholar in the social scientific study of religion. She has conducted several inter-disciplinary research projects focusing on contemporary belief and belonging in Euro American contexts and is a sought-after speaker at international conference and workshops. Previous publications include an edited volume, \u003cem\u003eReligion and the Individual\u003c\/em\u003e, several academic papers and book chapters focusing on youth, gender, the \"social supernatural\", cultural identity and the nature of \"nominal belief\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562774532192,"sku":"9780199577873","price":191.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/c0Eyemo3clEwek1WeHBycDBjdzRlZz09.webp?v=1770375334","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/believing-in-belonging-belief-and-social-identity-in-the-modern-world-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}