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When God comes to town : religious traditions in urban contexts /
Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. The authors in this volume wonder what the pos...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2009.
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| Colección: | Culture and politics/politics and culture ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. The authors in this volume wonder what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Anthropologists, historians and political scientists have come togeth. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845459208 1845459202 9780857458070 0857458078 |