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Religion and globalization /

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 contemp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beyer, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, U.K. ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1994.
Colección:Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Religion in global society
  • pt. 1. Theory and concepts. Four approaches to globalization
  • Socio-cultural particularism in a global society
  • Systematic religion in global society
  • Religion and social movements in global society
  • pt. 2. Case studies. Religion in global society : five contemporary cases. The New Christian Right in the United States
  • The liberation theological movement in Latin America
  • The Islamic revolution in Iran
  • New religious Zionism in Israel
  • Religious environmentalism.