Testing pluralism : globalizing belief, localizing gods / / edited by Giuseppe Giordan and William H. Swatos, Jr.

• TeilnehmendeR: Giordan, Giuseppe.; Swatos, William H.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and the social order, v. 23; Religion and the Social Order 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Testing Pluralism: Globalizing Beliefs, Localizing Gods /; Mixed Results for Orthodoxy: The Impact of Contemporary Cultural Change on the Acceptance of Key Catholic Beliefs and Moral Teachings by Australian Mass Attenders /; Pluralism and Rituals in Italian Catholicism: The Spiritual Approach of Renewal in the Spirit /; A World in Motion: The Plurality of Orthodox Churches in Italy /; The Sikhs in Italy: A Growing Heterogeneous and Plural Presence /; Religious Pluralism and the 2008 Obama Vote /; Evangelical Perspectives on Latino Immigration /; New Landscapes of Religious Diversity in Mexico /; From Internal to External Pluralism: The Anglican Metamorphosis /; Pluralism and Implicit Religion /; The Field of Religions in Norwegian Pluralist Society /; Ethnic Religious Politics in Israel: The Case of the Shas Party /; Spiritualization: Spiritual Pluralization and Scientists in Italy /; Contributors /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004254757
• ISSN: 1061-5210
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Giuseppe Giordan and William H. Swatos, Jr.

This volume of the Religion and the Social Order series examines the phenomenon of the globalization of religions that has particularly characterized the last fifty years. Historically, religions were relatively tightly connected with territoriality. The advent of relatively inexpensive and relatively accessible air transport has made it possible for groups of significant size to move from their original homelands and resettle in new sites. In contrast to predictions associated with secularization theories that dominated the middle of the twentieth century, today we find that the world’s religions continue to provide meaning and value in the lives of their adherents. This volume examines at a global level a variety of such groups and their adjustments.