Note: Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 6, 2021)

Note: Translated from the Hebrew , Previously issued in print: Oxford: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2010 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Previously issued in print: 2017 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: This edition previously issued in print: 2017 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: „This essay is a revised version of the Alberico Gentili Lectures I presented at the University of Macerata, Italy, in April 2015.“ - Vorwort

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Note: Previously issued in print: 2016 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: This edition previously issued in print: 2017 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , "This volume is based on the proceedings of a conference organized at University College London (UCL) on 10-12 June 2015."--page v , Introduction , Part I. The Special Status of Religion in the Law: 1. : Religion, Equality, and Anarchy , Part II. Sovereignty, Non-Establishment, Neutrality: 6. Sovereignty, the Corporate Religious, and Jurisdictional/Political Pluralism , Part III. Accommodation and Religious Freedom: 11. Religious Exemption and Distributive Justice , Part IV. Toleration, Conscience, Identity: 17. Religion, Reason, and Toleration: Bayle, Kant-- and Us

Note: Previously issued in print: 2011 , Includes bibliographical references and index

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Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 209-222

Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , Literaturangaben. - enthält Index

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Note: Reprinted 2012 with "Praise for Mother Leakey"

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Note: Literaturangaben

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Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 168-180 , Angekündigt u.d.T.: Comparing Western and Islamic political thought

Note: Originally published: 2005 , Includes bibliographical references. - Originally published: 2005

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Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-247) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

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

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Aniconism versus iconism in Thai Buddhism , The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples , Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity , Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China , Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism , Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world , Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushōgi in modern Sōtō Zen Buddhism , "By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism , The making of the western Lama , "Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style