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Religions in global society / Peter Beyer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 323 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415393183 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0415393191 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0203087186 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BL65.G55 B94 2006
Contents:
Introduction : religion as concept and social reality in global society -- 1. Globalization and global society -- 2. The religious system of global society -- 3. Formation and re-formation of Abrahamic religions : Christianity and Islam -- 4. The realization of Hinduism -- 5. Refusal and appropriation in East Asia : Confucianism and Shinto -- 6. New religions, non-institutionalized religiosity and the control of a contested category.
Review: "Peter Beyer, a sociologist of religion, offers a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society, by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Religions in Global Society introduces theories of globalization, and shows how they can be applied to world religions. Through this exploration, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : religion as concept and social reality in global society -- 1. Globalization and global society -- 2. The religious system of global society -- 3. Formation and re-formation of Abrahamic religions : Christianity and Islam -- 4. The realization of Hinduism -- 5. Refusal and appropriation in East Asia : Confucianism and Shinto -- 6. New religions, non-institutionalized religiosity and the control of a contested category.

"Peter Beyer, a sociologist of religion, offers a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society, by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Religions in Global Society introduces theories of globalization, and shows how they can be applied to world religions. Through this exploration, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today."--BOOK JACKET.

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