03078oam 2200637I 450 991081472870332120240131142424.01-134-16278-21-134-16279-01-280-51830-897866105183020-203-08787-910.4324/9780203087879(CKB)1000000000359149(EBL)268693(OCoLC)252839808(SSID)ssj0000308077(PQKBManifestationID)11192773(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308077(PQKBWorkID)10251206(PQKB)11777853(MiAaPQ)EBC268693(Au-PeEL)EBL268693(CaPaEBR)ebr10164166(CaONFJC)MIL51830(OCoLC)936837742(FINmELB)ELB140567(EXLCZ)99100000000035914920180706d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligions in global society /Peter BeyerFirst edition.New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2006.1 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Beyer, Peter, Religions in global society New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2006. (OCoLC)61758582 0-415-39319- 1 0415393183 9780415393188 9780415393195 9780415393188 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPeter 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 religionsGlobalizationReligious aspectsReligionsGlobalizationReligious aspects.Religions.306.6Beyer Peter1949-,93372MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814728703321Religions in global society3942010UNINA