Religion in Global Civil Society

Name: Religion in Global Civil Society
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ISBN: 9780195188356

ISBN-10: 0195188357

ISBN-13: 9780195188356

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mark Juergensmeyer

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The worlds religions are becoming increasingly globalized. One can no longer equate particular faiths with corresponding geographic locations. Islam is as much a south or southeast Asian religion as it is a middle eastern one. And Christianity is growing by leaps and bounds in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while it declines in Europe. In addition to these major population shifts, small communities of adherents of every religion are scattered across the globe, where they mingle with and adapt to local cultures. What are we to make of this new religious world? The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions offers a comprehensive look at world religious societies in their contemporary global…

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List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Contributors


Introduction: Religious Ambivalence to Global Civil Society




Religion and Global Civil Society




The Politics of Religion and the Morality of Globalization




Globalizing Civil Religion and Public Theology




Faith and Law in a Multicultural World




Property and Sacred Ordering in Global Civil Society




Religious Rejections of Globalization




Religious Antiglobalism




The Islamist Alternative to Globalization




Intercultural Understanding in a Community School




Religious Transnationalism