Transnational Transcendence: Essays on Religion and Globalization

Transnational Transcendence: Essays on Religion and Globalization
ISBN-10
0520943651
ISBN-13
9780520943650
Category
Social Science
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
2023-09-01
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Thomas J. Csordas

Description

This innovative collection examines the transnational movements, effects, and transformations of religion in the contemporary world, offering a fresh perspective on the interrelation between globalization and religion. Transnational Transcendence challenges some widely accepted ideas about this relationship—in particular, that globalization can be understood solely as an economic phenomenon and that its religious manifestations are secondary. The book points out that religion's role remains understudied and undertheorized as an element in debates about globalization, and it raises questions about how and why certain forms of religious practice and intersubjectivity succeed as they cross national and cultural boundaries. Framed by Thomas J. Csordas's introduction, this timely volume both urges further development of a theory of religion and globalization and constitutes an important step toward that theory.

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