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How should researchers navigate in a global landscape of religious and secular worldviews? This volume contributes with an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of contemporary religion in a cross-cultural or global perspective. The chapters in the volume highlight quite different themes - from translation to sexuality and secularity, critically dismantling conceptions of e.g., the "sacred individual", "Eastern religions" and multiple belongings. Yet, they are united in their search for signs that help us contest categorical cultural, religious, and secular boundaries, methodologically, theoretically, and epistemologically. The debate on universalism vs. particularism can simply not be put aside and hence, the implications of this dichotomy needs to be further investigated. The volume explores current challenges pertinent to cross-cultural research on religion in today's world. It reflects important aspects of global cultural and religious diversity. All articles stem from the international research project "Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective". The project implemented a mixed methods study in twelve different countries across the world. The chapters univocally stress the importance of using a sensitive analytical toolbox when investigating values and worldviews in an increasingly interconnected world. Nevertheless, such sensitivity needs to entail a capacity to move across boundaries and positions, giving voice to novel existential positions that do not fit within the traditional patterns of set religious and secular boundaries.
Contents
Foreword
Alana Vincent, University of Chester
Editorial Preface
Peter Nynäs and Ruth Illman
1. Contesting the Dichotomy of Universalism and Particularism: A Mixed-Method Approach to the Study of Religions from a Global Perspective
Peter Nynäs, Ruth Illman and Nurit Novis-Deutsch
2. Translation and Major Categories in the Study of Religions: The Case of "Religion" and "Spirituality" in West Bengal
Måns Broo (Åbo Akademi University), Marcus Moberg (Åbo Akademi University), Peter Nynäs, Mallarika Sarkar Das (University of Calcutta) and Sohini Ray (Indian Institute of Management, Joka)
3. The Cognitive Study of Religiosity and Contemporary Lived Religion: Complementarity as a Methodological Approach
Sławomir Sztajer (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) , Rafael Fernández-Hart, Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo (University of Ghana) and Sidney Castillo (University of Helsinki)
4. Heteronormative Religion? Attitudes to Abortion and Same-Sex Relationships on a Global Scale
Peter Nynäs, Ariela Keysar (Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut), Clara Marlijn Meyer (Åbo Akademi University) and Sofia Sjö (Donner Institute, Turku)
5. The Multiplicity of Chinese and Indian Religions: A Critical Reappraisal of the Notion of "Eastern Religion"
Måns Broo and Ruby Sain (Jadavpur University / Adamamas University)
6. Conceptualisations of the "Sacred Individual": A Comparative Study of Russian and Finnish Young Adults
Polina Vrublevskaya (St. Tikhon's University, Moscow), Marcus Moberg (Åbo Akademi University) and Karoliina Dahl (Åbo Akademi University)
7. Secular Identities in Context: Emerging Prototypes among Non-religious Young Adults
Janne Kontala (Åbo Akademi University), Ariela Keysar and Sawsan Kheir (Åbo Akademi University)
8. Multiple Identifications: Growing Diversity and Complexity in Religious and Secular Worldviews
Ruth Illman, Peter Nynäs and Nurit Novis-Deutsch
9. Towards a New Methodological Perspective: Concluding Reflections on Cross-cultural Research in the Study of Religions
Peter Nynäs, Ruth Illman and Rafael Fernández-Hart
