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Everything you know seems wrong : globalization and the relativizing of tradition / George Van Pelt Campbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, George Van Pelt.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural relativism.
- Culture and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 222 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Globalization and the relativizing of tradition
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2005]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Everything You Know Seems Wrong xiii
- Chapter 1 Tradition in the Modern World 1
- The Functions of Tradition 2
- The Meaning of the "Relativizing" of Tradition 4
- Relativization as a Sociological Concept 7
- Relativization in Contemporary American Evangelicalism 11
- Chapter 2 Tradition in a Globalizing World 25
- Crystallization of Globality as an Issue 26
- Requirements for an Adequate Model of Globality 27
- A Model of Globality 31
- Globalization and Religion 41
- Chapter 3 The Dynamic of the Relativizing of Tradition 51
- The Definition and Dynamic of Relativization 51
- The Catalysts of Relativization 59
- The Sequence of Events Which Leads to Relativization 64
- Chapter 4 The Results of the Relativizing of Tradition 67
- Types of Relativization 68
- Cultural Relativization 70
- Cultural Relativization Generates Group Relativization 77
- Relativization and the Phases of Globalization 78
- Characteristics of Relativization at the Cultural Level 80
- The Range of Possible Responses to Relativization 83
- The Determinant in Reactions to Relativization 91
- Chapter 5 Relativization in Action: The Evangelical Post-Conservative Controversy 99
- Defining American Evangelical Protestantism 101
- History of the Post-Conservative Controversy 104
- Definition and Description of "Evangelical Post-Conservatism" 108
- Chapter 6 Relativization in Action: Results in Evangelical Theology 117
- Effect 1 Willingness to Learn from Other Traditions 117
- Effect 2 Changes in Beliefs 119
- Effect 3 Changes in Boundaries 131
- Effect 4 New Internal Religious Movements 135
- Effect 5 Internal Ethos Effects 140
- Chapter 7 The Relativizing of Tradition: A Comprehensive Theory 155
- Effect 1 Willingness to learn from Other Traditions 157
- Effect 2 Changes in Beliefs 158
- Effect 3 Changes in Boundaries 163
- Effect 4 New Internal Religious Movements 164
- Effect 5 Internal Ethos Effects 167
- Conclusions Regarding the Relativizing of Tradition 171
- Chapter 8 Everything You Know Seems Wrong: Relativization and the Global Future 175
- How Relativization Can Strengthen Traditions 176
- Relativization and Culture Wars 177
- Relativization and Moral Consensus 179
- Relativization and the Clash of Civilizations 182
- Relativization and the Future 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761830782
- OCLC:
- 57658161
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