Converting cultures; religion, ideology and transformations of modernity.9789004158221 Converting cultures; religion, ideology and transformations of modernity. Ed. by Dennis Dennis is a male first name derived from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius meaning "servant of Dionysus", the Thracian god of wine, which is ultimately derived from the Greek Dios (Διος, "of Zeus") combined with Nysos or Nysa (Νυσα), where the Washburn and A. Kevin Reinhart. BRILL Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. 2007 507 pages $99.00 Paperback Social sciences in Asia; v.14 BL639 As the 19 essays of this collection show, conversion to another religion or way of belief--as occurs when non-western societies adopt western norms--brings about grave changes within societies and raises questions regarding belief and modernity. The essays examine specific historical cases, among them secular conversion in 1930s Turkey, the Tolstoian religion in Meiji Japan, and mass conversion in 1930s India. The remaining essays are also centered on issues in Turkey, Japan, India, and China. In addition, two articles related to the Ottoman world discuss crypto-Jews and crypto-Christians in the Middle East and the Bulgarian women's movement women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. . Washburn teaches Japanese and comparative literature and Reinhart teaches religion; both are at Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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