The Oxford handbook of global religions / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Juergensmeyer, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

Physical Description:

xxii, 651 pages ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Global religions

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Thinking globally about religion / Mark Juergensmeyer

Indic cultural region. Thinking globally about Hinduism / T.N. Madan ; Traditional Brahmanical society / Joseph W. Elder ; Popular Hindu movements / David N. Lorenzen ; The Sikh community / Gurinder Singh Mann ; The Jain community / Lawrence A. Babb ; Hindu communities abroad / Vasudha Narayanan

Buddhist/Confucian cultural region. Thinking globally about Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere ; Theravada Buddhist societies / Donald K. Swearer ; Tibetan Buddhist society / José Ignacio Cabezón ; Vietnamese religious society / Jayne S. Werner ; Traditional Chinese religious society / Vivian-Lee Nyitray ; Popular religion in mainland China / Christian Jochim ; Traditional Japanese religious society / Susumu Shimazono ; Japanese new religious movements / Ian Reader ; Korean religious society / Lewis Lancaster ; Buddhist communities abroad / Thomas A. Tweed

Jewish cultural region. Thinking globally about Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg ; Jewish communities in Israel / Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht ; Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Reuben Ahroni ; Jewish communities in Europe / Sergio DellaPergola ; Jewish communities in the Americas / J. Shawn Landres ; Jewish communities in Asia / Nathan Katz

Christian cultural region. Thinking globally about Christianity / Harvey Cox ; Western European Catholic societies / Karel Dobbelaere ; Eastern European Catholic societies / Sabrina P. Ramet ; European Protestant societies / Fritz Erich Anhelm ; Orthodox Christian societies / Philip Walters ; Religious communities in Russia / Alexey D. Krindatch ; The Coptic community / Juan E. Campo, John Iskander.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195137981

OCLC:

64084086

Publisher Number:

9780195137989

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