ISBN:
0203087879
,
0203087186
,
1134162790
,
9780203087183
,
9781134162796
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (323 p)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bouma, Gary D. Religions in Global Society 2009
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Beyer, Peter, 1949- Religions in global society
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Globalization Religious aspects
;
Religions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion
;
Globalization ; Religious aspects
;
Religions
;
Religion
;
Globalisierung
;
Mondialisation
;
Religion
;
Sociologie religieuse
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Globalization and global society -- The religious system of global society -- Formation and re-formation of Abrahamic religions : Christianity and Islam -- The realization of Hinduism -- Refusal and appropriation in East Asia : Confucianism and Shinto -- New religions, non-institutionalized religiosity and the control of a contested category
Abstract:
"Peter Beyer, a sociologist of religion, offers a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society, by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Religions in Global Society introduces theories of globalization, and shows how they can be applied to world religions. Through this exploration, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today"--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-319) and index
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