Religion and Globalization

Name: Religion and Globalization
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ISBN: 9780803989177

ISBN-10: 0803989172

ISBN-13: 9780803989177

Edition: 1994

Authors: Peter Beyer

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What role does religion play in a globalized society? Religion and Globalization explores the interaction between religion and worldwide social and cultural change. The author examines major theories of global change and discusses ways in which such change impinges on contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence. He explores some of the key issues confronting religion today, including religion as culture, pure and applied religion, privatized and publicly influential religion, and liberal versus conservative religion. He then applies these themes to five illustrative cases of contemporary importance: the American Christian Right, Liberation Theology movements in Latin America,…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 3/31/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.38" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction


Religion in Global Society



Theory and Concepts


Four Approaches to Globalization


Socio-cultural Particularism in a Global Society


Systemic Religion in Global Society


Religion and Social Movements in Global Society



Case Studies: Religion in Global Society: Five Contemporary Cases


The New Christian Right in the United States


The Liberation Theological Movement in Latin America


The Islamic Revolution in Iran


Religious Zionism in Israel


Religious Environmentalism


Conclusion