Religion in the Context of Globalization : Essays on Concept, Form, and Political Implication

ISBN-13: 9780415783583 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str.

Peter Beyer

Opis

This volume brings together some of Peter Beyer's key essays which together focus on the form and role of religion in the context of globalization. Each of the ten chapters explores a different but related aspect of how religion and globalization are historically, conceptually, and institutionally connected.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Observing Religion in the Contemporary Global Context  1. Purity as Hybridization: Religio-Cultural Syncretisms in the Context of Globalization  2. Globalization and Glocalization  3. Conceptions of Religion: On Distinguishing Scientific, Theological, and ‘Official’ Meanings  Part 2: The Formation of Religion and Religions in Global Society  4. Social Forms of Religion and Religions in Contemporary Global Society  5. What Counts as Religion in Global Society? From Practice to Theory  6. The City and Beyond as Dialogue: Negotiating Religious Authenticity in Global Society  7. Can the Tail Wag the Dog? Diaspora Reconstructions of Religion in a Globalized Society  Part 3: Religion and the Political Domain  8. Defining Religion in Cross-National Perspective: Identity and Difference in Official Conceptions  9. Constitutional Privilege and Constituting Pluralism: Religious Freedom in National, Global, and Legal Context  10. Religion out of place? The Globalization of Fundamentalism

O autorze

Peter Beyer is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada.