Religion and globalization / / Peter Beyer

• Autore: Beyer Peter
• Pubblicazione: London, U.K. ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, 2000, c1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.6
• Soggetto topico: Religion and culture; Religion and international relations; Religion and sociology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.[228]-245) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Religion in Global Society; Part I - Theory and Concepts; Chapter 1 - Four Approaches to Globalization; Chapter 2 - Socio-Cultural Particularism in a Global Society; Chapter 3 - Systemic Religion in Global Society; Chapter 4 - Religion and Social Movements in Global Society; Part II - Case Studies; Religion in Global Society: Five Contemporary Cases; Chapter 5 - The New Christian Right in the United States; Chapter 6 - The Liberation Theological Movement in Latin America; Chapter 7 - The Islamic Revolution in Iran; Chapter 8 - New Religious Zionism in Israel Chapter 9 - Religious Environmentalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Beyer explores some of the key issues in understanding the shape of religion today, including religion as culture and as social system, pure and applied religion, privatized and publicly influential religion, and liberal versus conservative religions. He goes on to apply these issues to five contemporary illustrative cases.
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion and Globalization
• ISBN: 1-283-88038-5; 0-585-35438-3; 0-8039-8916-4; 1-84860-937-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822081403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)