Religion and Globalization

Religion and Globalization
ISBN-10
0803989172
ISBN-13
9780803989177
Category
Social Science
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
1994-03-31
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Peter Beyer

Description

In his exploration of the interaction between religion and worldwide social and cultural change, the author examines the major theories of global change and discusses the ways in which such change impinges on contemporary religious practice, meaning and influence. Beyer explores some of the key issues in understanding the shape of religion today, including religion as culture and as social system, pure and applied religion, privatized and publicly influential religion, and liberal versus conservative religions. He goes on to apply these issues to five contemporary illustrative cases: the American Christian Right; Liberation Theology movements in Latin America; the Islamic Revolution in Iran; Zionists in Israel; and religiou

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