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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453180703321

Titolo

Religions and trade : religious formation, transformation and cross-cultural exchange between East and West / / edited by Peter Wick and Volker Rabens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2014

ISBN

90-04-25530-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Dynamics in the history of religions, , 1878-8106 ; ; volume 5

Altri autori (Persone)

WickPeter

RabensVolker

Disciplina

201/.7

Soggetti

Religions

Religions - Relations

Globalization - Religious aspects

Commerce

Business - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Trade and the topology of religious space -- part two. Trade and religious symbol systems -- part three. Trade and religious knowledge -- part four. Trade and religious-ethical ways of life.

Sommario/riassunto

In Religions and Trade a number of international scholars investigate the ways in which eastern and western religions were formed and transformed from the perspective of “trade.” Trade changes religions. Religions expand through the help of trade infrastructures, and religions extend and enrich the trade relations with cultural and religious “commodities” which they contribute to the “market place” of human culture and religion. This leads to the inclusion, demarcation and densification as well as the amalgamation of religious traditions. In an attempt to find new pathways into the world of religious dynamics, this collection of essays focuses on four elements or “commodities” of religious interchange: topologies of religious space, religious symbol systems, religious knowledge, and religious-ethical ways of life.