S. Palmisano’s scientific contributions

... In discussions of monographic studies a separate place is occupied by studies of the so-called new monastic communities, e.g. the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem, or the Bose Monastic Community (e.g. Wittberg 1996a;Baudouin, Portier 2002;Landron 2004;Palmisano 2013Palmisano , 2014Palmisano , 2015Palmisano , 2017Sweeney 1994;Ponzetti 2014). The development of these communities was connected with the Second Vatican Council. ...

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A Monastery in a Sociological Perspective - Seeking for a New Approach

... Meanwhile, other original topics, to which little attention had been paid in the past, are now being proposed in the scholarly arena, such as the issue of abandonment of one's religion [82] and the opposite phenomenon of conversions [83], gender diversity [84,85], migration [86], mass media [87,88], developments in new Asian religious movements [89] and the contrast between the secular and religious in urban structures in Asia [90], the problems of violence [91] and the relationship between conspiracy theories and religion [92], connections between ecology and religions [93], those concerning peace and conflict [94], the connections between cities and religion [95,96] and sport and religion [97], monasticism [98], religious diversity [99], chaplaincy and religious diversity in prisons [100][101][102], language [103], the economic aspects of religions [104], legislative issues (especially concerning freedom of religion and human rights) [105][106][107][108][109][110], political issues [111][112][113] and globalisation [114]. The methodology only remains somewhat overshadowed, but there is no shortage of relevant contributions [115]. ...

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The New Sociology of Religion