Religion and global culture : new terrain in the study of religion and the work of Charles H. Long / edited by Jennifer I.M. Reid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Jennifer, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Religious aspects.

Globalization.

Religion and culture.

Long, Charles H.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

1 Asking the Question of the Origin of Religion in the Age of Globalization / Tatsuo Murakami 7

2 Religion, Globalization, and the University / Kees W. Bolle 27

3 Sacred Landscapes and Global Religion: Reflections on the Significance of Indigenous Religions for University Culture / Philip P. Arnold 39

4 "Faire Place a une Race Metisse": Colonial Crisis and the Vision of Louis Riel / Jennifer I. M. Reid 51

5 Mthunzini (A Place in the Shade): Religion and the Heat of Globalization / Chirevo V. Kwenda 67

6 Globalization and African Immigrant Religious Communities / Jacob K. Olupona 83

7 Ogu's Iron or Jesus' Irony: Who's Zooming Who in Diasporic Possession Cult Activity? / Jim Perkinson 97

8 The Future of Our World: Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Philosophies, and the Preservation of Mother Earth / Julian Kunnie 125

9 Cross-cultural Religious Business: Cocacolonization, McDonaldization, Disneyization, Tupperization, and Other Local Dilemmas of Global Signification / David Chidester 145

10 Indigenous People, Materialities, and Religion: Outline for a New Orientation to Religious Meaning / Charles H. Long 167.

Notes:

Based on a conference held Apr. 5-7, 2001 at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.

ISBN:

0739105523

OCLC:

50738373