Lived Religion and the Politics of (In)Tolerance (Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges)

This volume explores the ways in which lived religion encourages and contributes to conflicts, as well as fosters tolerance, in the interlocking rural, urban, and virtual social spheres. Through ten case studies with vast geographical and religious variation, the contributors address some of the shortcomings in analyses of the relationship between religion and (in)tolerance and offers a theoretically and empirically more nuanced understanding of the micro-politics of (in)tolerance and the roles of lived religion in it. The book argues that (in)tolerance and its connection to religion cannot be fully understood unless analyzed from below, which means that the focus needs to be not only on public institutions or religio-political spaces but also on (in)tolerance of ordinary people and their performativity, practices, and interests in non-institutionalized spaces. This showcases the ambiguous interconnectedness of lived religion and (in)tolerance. __Lived Religion and the Politics of (In)Tolerance__ will be of interest to students and scholars interested in lived religion, the relationship between politics and religion, and those working in cross-cultural dialogue and through an anti-racism, and anti-violence lens. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Lived Religion and Lived (In)Tolerance....Pages 1-15 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Paradigms of [In]Tolerance? On Sri Lanka’s Bodu Bala Sena, #prezpollsl2015, and Transformative Dynamics of Lived Religion....Pages 19-39 Notes on the Christian Battle to End the “Abortion Holocaust”....Pages 41-61 Lived Religion and the Intolerance of the Cross....Pages 63-83 The Patriarch and the Pride: Discourse Analysis of the Online Public Response to the Serbian Orthodox Church Condemnation of the 2012 Gay Pride Parade....Pages 85-109 “Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol” Lived Religion, Conflict, and Intolerance in Brazilian Films....Pages 111-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 God, Government, and Greenbelt: Lived Religion and the Cultural Politics of (In)Tolerance in the Social Engineering of a Cooperative New Deal Resettlement Town, 1937–1940....Pages 135-170 Uncanny Landscapes of Memory: “Bosnian Pyramids” and the Contemporary World-Making in Bosnia and Herzegovina....Pages 171-192 Reconciliation, Justice, and (In)Tolerance Hijacked by Religious Apathy: Transforming Reconciliation 20 Years After the TRC in South Africa....Pages 193-214 The Politics of Intolerance, Lived Religion, and Theological Reflection Around Belfast’s Separation Barriers....Pages 215-235 Fostering Religious Tolerance in Education: The Dutch Perspective....Pages 237-257 Back Matter....Pages 259-261