Religion, globalization and culture / / edited by Peter Beyer and Lori Beaman.

• Superior document: International studies in religion and society, v. 6
• TeilnehmendeR: Beyer, Peter, 1949-; Beaman, Lori G.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in religion and society ; 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume brings together over 25 articles by many of the most important authors who have worked on issues directly related to the theme of religion and globalization. An additional emphasis on culture flags the inclusion of the relation of religion to its wider social context and also permits questioning the boundaries of religion so as to avoid a strong bias in favour of the analysis of institutionalized religion. The key emphasis of the book, however, is the focus specifically on religion, a topic that is still largely ignored in the burgeoning literature on globalization. The articles are divided into five subthemes: theoretical issues; historical approaches to religion and globalization; forms and boundaries of religion; key issues (such as ecology and gender); and regional perspectives. Contributors: Afe Adogame, Elisabeth Arweck, Lori Beaman, Peter Beyer, John Boli, Gary Bouma, Dave Brewington, George Van Campbell, José Casanova, Paul Freston, Nobutaka Inoue, Laurel Kearns, Otto Maduro, Vasilios Makrides, Meredith McGuire, Vincenzo Pace, Rubina Ramji, James T. Richardson, Ole Riis, Roland Robertson, Marie-Andrée Roy, Shandip Saha, John H. Simpson, James V. Spickard, William Stahl, George Thomas, Bryan Turner, Margit Warburg, Michael Wilkinson.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / P. Beyer and Beaman -- Introduction / Peter Beyer and Lori Beaman -- Global millennialism: A postmortem on secularization / Roland Robertson -- The cultural and religious character of world society / George M. Thomas -- Sacred place and sacred power: Conceptual boundaries and the marginalization of religious practices / Meredith Mcguire -- Globalization, migration and the two types of religious boundary: A european perspective / Margit Warburg -- Rethinking secularization: A global comparative perspective / José Casanova -- Religion as identity and contestation / John H. Simpson -- Globalization, religion and empire in Asia / Bryan S. Turner -- Globalization and the institutional modeling of religions / Peter Beyer -- Religious resurgence, conflict and the transformation of boundaries / Gary D. Bouma -- Religious organizations / John Boli and David V. Brewington -- ‘Religion’ in global culture: New directions in an increasingly self-conscious world / James V. Spickard -- Globalization and new religious movements / Elisabeth Arweck -- Religion and phases of globalization / George Van Pelt Campbell -- Religion and ecology in the context of globalization / Laurel Kearns -- Religious opposition to globalization / William A. Stahl -- Religion and exclusion/marginalization: Globalized pentecostalism among hispanics in Newark, N.J / Otto Maduro -- Religion and global flows / Michael Wilkinson -- Religion And The state: The letter of the law and the negotiation of boundaries / Lori Beaman -- Religion, law, and human rights / James T. Richardson -- Religious pluralism in a local and global perspective: images of the prophet Mohammed seen in a danish and a global context / Ole Riis -- Globalization and religion: The cases of Japan and Korea / Nobutaka Inoue -- The global migration of Sufi Islam to South Asia and beyond / Rubina Ramji -- Hinduism, gurus, and globalization / Shandip Saha -- Globalization and the conflict of values in middle eastern societies / Enzo Pace -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Afe Adogame -- Religions in contemporary Europe in the context of globalization / Vasilios Makrides -- Latin America: The \'other christendom\', pluralism and globalization / Paul Freston -- Index / P. Beyer and Beaman.