| Description |
xxii, 651 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contributors -- 1. Thinking globally about religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- pt. 1. Indic cultural region -- 2. Thinking globally about Hinduism / T.N. Madan -- 3. Traditional Brahmanical society / Joseph W. Elder -- 4. Popular Hindu movements / David N. Lorenzen -- 5. The Sikh community / Gurinder Singh Mann -- 6. The Jain community / Lawrence A. Babb -- 7. Hindu communities abroad / Vasudha Narayanan -- pt. 2. Buddhist/Confucian cultural region -- 8. Thinking globally about Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere -- 9. Theravada Buddhist societies / Donald K. Swearer -- 10. Tibetan Buddhist society / José Ignacio Cabezón -- 11. Vietnamese religious society / Jayne S. Werner -- 12. Traditional Chinese religious society / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- 13. Popular religion in mainland China / Christian Jochim -- 14. Traditional Japanese religious society / Susumu Shimazono -- 15. Japanese new religious movements / Ian Reader -- 16. Korean religious society / Lewis Lancaster -- 17. Buddhist communities abroad / Thomas A. Tweed -- pt. 3. Jewish cultural region -- 18. Thinking globally about Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg -- 19. Jewish communities in Israel / Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht -- 20. Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Reuben Ahroni -- 21. Jewish communities in Europe / Sergio DellaPergola -- 22. Jewish communities in the Americas / J. Shawn Landres -- 23. Jewish communities in Asia / Nathan Katz -- |
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pt. 4. Christian cultural region -- 24. Thinking globally about Christianity / Harvey Cox -- 25. Western European Catholic societies / Karel Dobbelaere -- 26. Eastern European Catholic societies / Sabrina P. Ramet -- 27. European Protestant societies / Fritz Erich Anhelm -- 28. Orthodox Christian societies / Philip Walters -- 29. Religious communities in Russia / Alexey D. Krindatch -- 30. The Coptic community / Juan E. Campo, John Iskander -- 31. Latin American Catholic societies / Paul E. Sigmund -- 32. North American religious communities / Wade Clark Roof -- 33. Evangelical Christian community in North and South America / Randall Balmer -- 34. African Christian communities / David Chidester -- 35. Christian communities in South Asia / Anslie T. Embree -- 36. Christian communities in China / Richard Madsen -- 37. Christian communities in Southeast Asia / Taru Villalba Munson -- 38. Mormon communites around the world / Jan Shipps -- |
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pt. 5. Islamic cultural region -- 39. Thinking globally about Islam / Said Amir Arjomand -- 40. Arab Islamic societies / Saad Ibrahim and Richard C. Martin -- 41. North African Islamic societies / Ebrahim Moosa -- 42. Sub-Saharan African Islam / Abdulkader Tayob -- 43. European Islam / Amila Buturovic -- 44. Shi'a Islamic societies / Mansoor Moaddel -- 45. Islamic communities in Central Asia / Richard C. Foltz -- 46. Islamic communities in South Asia / Scott Kugle -- 47. Islamic societies in Southeast Asia / Mark Woodward -- 48. Chinese Islamic communities / Dru C. Gladney -- 49. American Islamic communities / Jane J. Smith -- 50. Religious movements with Islamic origins / Ali S. Asani -- pt. 6. African cultural region -- 51. Thinking globally about African religion / Jacob K. Olupona -- 52. Traditional African religious society / Kofi Asare Opoku -- 53. Afro-Caribbean religious societies / Karen McCarthy Brown -- pt. 7. Local religious societies -- 54. Thinking globally about local religious societies / Juba Pentikainen -- 55. Native American religious societies / Nimachia Hernandez -- 56. Australian Aboriginal societies / John Hilary Martin -- 57. Pacific Islands religious communities / Joel Robbins -- pt. 8. Understanding global religion -- 58. Religion in global perspective / Martin Riesebrodt -- 59. Anti-global religion? / Roland Robertson -- 60. The global future of religion / Ninian Smart -- Index. |
| Subject |
Religions.
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| Added Author |
Juergensmeyer, Mark.
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| Added Title |
Global religions |
| ISBN |
0195137981 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780195137989 cloth alkaline paper |
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