Routledge The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century (Social Movements in the 21st Century: New Paradigms)

Although its beginnings can be traced back to the late 19th century, the interfaith movement has only recently begun to attract mainstream attention, with governments, religious leaders and grassroots activists around the world increasingly turning to interfaith dialogue and collective action to address the challenges posed and explore the opportunities presented by religious diversity in a globalising world. This volume explores the history and development of the interfaith movement by engaging with new theoretical perspectives and a diverse range of case studies from around the world. The first book to bring together experts in the fields of religion, politics and social movement theory to offer an in-depth social analysis of the interfaith movement, it not only sheds new light on the movement itself, but challenges the longstanding academic division of labour that confines ‘religious’ and ‘social’ movements to separate spheres of inquiry. About the Author John Fahy is an Affiliated Researcher at Georgetown the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. He received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and has published widely on the anthropology of religion, diversity, ethics and interfaith in both India and the Persian Gulf. His first monograph, Becoming Vaishnava in an Ideal Vedic City (Berghahn Books), is forthcoming. Jan-Jonathan Bock is the Programme Director of Cumberland Lodge, in Windsor Great Park. He received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in 2015, and has published in anthropology and social science journals. His research interests include urban life, community cohesion and the challenges of pluralism, which he has explored in Germany, Italy, the UK, the Middle East and South Asia. Jan’s publications include Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe (Bristol Policy Press, 2015, with Shana Cohen and Christina Fuhr), and Refugees Welcome? Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany (Berghahn Books, 2019, with Sharon Macdonald).