Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Contributors ; 1.Thinking globally about religion , pt. 4.Christian cultural region ; 24.Thinking globally about Christianity , pt. 5.Islamic cultural region ; 39.Thinking globally about Islam , pt. 1.Indic cultural region ; 2.Thinking globally about Hinduism , 3.Traditional Brahmanical society , 4.Popular Hindu movements , 5. TheSikh community , 6. TheJain community , 7.Hindu communities abroad , pt. 2.Buddhist/Confucian cultural region ; 8.Thinking globally about Buddhism , 9.Theravada Buddhist societies , 10.Tibetan Buddhist society , 11.Vietnamese religious society , 13.Popular religion in mainland China , 14.Traditional Japanese religious society , 15.Japanese new religious movements , 16.Korean religious society , 17.Buddhist communities abroad , pt. 3.Jewish cultural region ; 18.Thinking globally about Judaism , 19.Jewish communities in Israel , 20.Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East , 21.Jewish communities in Europe , 22.Jewish communities in the Americas , 23.Jewish communities in Asia , 25.Western European Catholic societies , 26.Eastern European Catholic societies , 27.European Protestant societies , 28.Orthodox Christian societies , 29.Religious communities in Russia , 30. TheCoptic community , 31.Latin American Catholic societies , 32.North American religious communities , 33.Evangelical Christian community in North and South America , 34.African Christian communities , 35.Christian communities in South Asia , 36.Christian communities in China , 37.Christian communities in Southeast Asia , 38.Mormon communites around the world , 40.Arab Islamic societies , 41.North African Islamic societies , 42.Sub-Saharan African Islam , 43.European Islam , 44.Shi'a Islamic societies , 45.Islamic communities in Central Asia , 46.Islamic communities in South Asia , 47.Islamic societies in Southeast Asia , 48.Chinese Islamic communities , 49.American Islamic communities , 50.Religious movements with Islamic origins , pt. 6.African cultural region ; 51.Thinking globally about African religion , 52.Traditional African religious society , 53.Afro-Caribbean religious societies , pt. 7.Local religious societies ; 54.Thinking globally about local religious societies , 55.Native American religious societies , 56.Australian Aboriginal societies , 57.Pacific Islands religious communities , pt. 8.Understanding global religion ; 58.Religion in global perspective , 59.Anti-global religion? , 60. Theglobal future of religion , Index.

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-142) and index , Thinking globally about religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Global religions. Christianity / Harvey Cox -- Islam / Said Amir Arjomand -- Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg -- Hinduism / T.N. Madan -- Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere -- African religion / Jacob Olupona -- Local religious societies / Juha Pentikäinen -- Religion in a global age. Religion in global perspective / Martin Riesebrodt -- Anti-global religion / Roland Robertson -- The global future of religion / Ninian Smart , The essays collected here provide brief and accessible introductions to the major world religions in their global contexts. The volume begins with an introduction to the globalization of religion by Mark Juergensmeyer, and is followed by individual essays on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and local religious societies. The book concludes with three essays reflecting on the global religious scene. Taken together, these essays provide a concise and authoritative introduction to the state of worldwide religion in the 21st century