Religions in global society / Peter Beyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beyer, Peter, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Religious aspects.

Globalization.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today. Written with exceptional clarity and illustrated with lively and diverse examples ranging from Islam and Hinduism to African traditional religions

Contents:

Cover; Religions in Global Society; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Religion as concept and social reality inglobal society; Chapter 1 Globalization and global society; Chapter 2 The religious system of global society; Chapter 3 Formation and re-formation of Abrahamic religions: Christianity and Islam; Chapter 4 The realization of Hinduism; Chapter 5 Refusal and appropriation in East Asia: Confucianism and Shinto; Chapter 6 New religions, non-institutionalized religiosity and the control of a contested category; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Beyer, Peter, Religions in global society

ISBN:

1-134-16278-2

1-134-16279-0

1-280-51830-8

9786610518302

0-203-08787-9

9780203087879

OCLC:

252839808