Religions in Movement: The Local and the Global in Contemporary Faith Traditions: 27 (Routledge Studies in Religion) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0415818753 ISBN 13: 9780415818759

Verlag: Routledge, 2013

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"This volume contains a fascinating collection of essays that scrutinize the connections between religion and globalization in the late modern world – a topic of interest to increasing numbers of people." - Grace Davie, University of Exeter, UK

"Produced by distinguished scholars from various disciplines and backgrounds, Religions in Movement offers readers insight into the global perspective of religion’s impact on modern society. Through the use of theoretical discussions and case studies on specific regions, cultures, and politics, the essays give a broad view concerning the interactions between globalization and religion while providing specific examples to solidify arguments." - Brittany M. Fitz, Baylor University, USA

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There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization. In contrast, until recently there has been much less debate about the fate of religion. ‘Globalization’ has been viewed as part of the rationalization process, which has already relegated religion to the dustbin of history, just as it threatens the nation, as the world moves toward a cosmopolitan ethics and politics. The chapters in this book, however, make the case for the salience and resilience of religion, often in conjunction with nationalism, in the contemporary world in several ways.

This book highlights the diverse ways in which religions first and foremost make use of the traditional power and communication channels available to them, like strategies of conversion, the preservation of traditional value systems, and the intertwining of religious and political power. Nevertheless, challenged by a more culturally and religiously diversified societies and by the growth of new religious sects, contemporary religions are also forced to let go of these well known strategies of preservation and formulate new ways of establishing their position in local contexts. This collection of essays by established and emerging scholars brings together theory-driven and empirically-based research and case-studies about the global and bottom-up strategies of religions and religious traditions in Europe and beyond to rethink their positions in their local communities and in the world.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415818753
• ISBN 13: 9780415818759
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Herausgeber: Hefner Robert, Hutchinson John, Mels Sara, Timmerman Christiane