The Oxford handbook of global religions /
The Oxford handbook of global religions /
Global religions
edited by Mark Juergensmeyer
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xxii, 651 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking globally about religion / Indic cultural region -- Thinking globally about Hinduism / Traditional Brahmanical society / Popular Hindu movements / The Sikh community / The Jain community / Hindu communities abroad / Buddhist/Confucian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Buddhism / Theravada Buddhist societies / Tibetan Buddhist society / Vietnamese religious society / Traditional Chinese religious society / Popular religion in mainland China / Traditional Japanese religious society / Japanese new religious movements / Korean religious society / Buddhist communities abroad / Jewish cultural region. Thinking globally about Judaism / Jewish communities in Israel / Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Jewish communities in Europe / Jewish communities in the Americas / Jewish communities in Asia / Christian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Christianity / Western European Catholic societies / Eastern European Catholic societies / European Protestant societies / Orthodox Christian societies / Religious communities in Russia / The Coptic community / Latin American Catholic Societies / North American Religious Communities / Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America / African Christians communities / Christian communities in South Asia /
Christian communities in China / Christian communities in Southeast Asia / Mormon communities around the world / Islamic Cultural Region -- Thinking Globally about Islam / Arab Islamic Societies / North African Islamic Societies / Sub-Saharan African Islam / European Islam / Shi'a Islamic Societies / Islamic Communities in Central Asia / Islamic Communities in South Asia / Islamic Societies in Southeast Asia / Chinese Islamic Communities / American Islamic Communities / Religious Movements with Islamic Origins / African Cultural Region -- Thinking Globally about African Religion / Traditional African Religious Societies / Afro-Caribbean Religious Societies / Local Religious Societies -- Thinking Globally about Local Religious Societies / Native American Religious Societies / Australian Aboriginal Societies / Pacific Islands Religious Communities / Understanding Global Religion -- Religion in Global Perspective / Anti-Global Religion? / The Global Future of Religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- T.N. Madan -- Joseph W. Elder -- David N. Lorenzen -- Gurinder Singh Mann -- Lawrence A. Babb -- Vasudha Narayanan -- Gananath Obeyesekere -- Donald K. Swearer -- José Ignacio Cabezón -- Jayne S. Werner -- Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Christian Jochim. Susumu Shimazono -- Ian Reader -- Lewis Lancaster -- Thomas A. Tweed -- Harvey E. Goldberg -- Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht -- Reuben Ahroni -- Sergio DellaPergola -- J. Shawn Landres -- Nathan Katz -- Harvey Cox -- Karel Dobbelaere -- Sabrina P. Ramet -- Fritz Erich Anhelm -- Philip Walters -- Alexey D. Krindatch -- Juan E. Campo, John Iskander -- Paul E. Sigmund -- Wade Clarck Roof -- Randall Balmer -- David Chidester -- Ainslie T. Embree -- Richard Madsen -- Tara Villalba Munson -- Jan Shipps -- Said Amir Arjomand -- Saad Ibrahim, Richard C. Martin -- Ebrahim Moosa -- Abdulkader Tayob -- Amila Buturovic -- Mansoor Moaddel -- Richard C. Foltz -- Scott Kugle -- Mark Woodward -- Dru C. Gladney -- Jane I. Smith -- Ali S. Asani -- Jacob K. Olupona -- Kofi Asare Opoku -- Karen McCarthy Brown -- Juha Pentikäinen. Nimachia Hernandez -- John Hilary Martin -- Joel Robbins -- Martin Riesebrodt -- Roland Robertson -- Ninian Smart. Ch. 1. Pt. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. 2. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Pt. 3. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Pt. 4. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30. Ch. 31. Ch. 32. Ch. 33. Ch. 34. Ch. 35. Ch. 36. Ch. 37. Ch. 38. Pt. 5. Ch. 39. Ch. 40. Ch. 41. Ch. 42. Ch. 43. Ch. 44. Ch. 45. Ch. 46. Ch. 47. Ch. 48. Ch. 49. Ch. 50. Pt. 6. Ch. 51. Ch. 52. Ch. 53. Pt. 7. Ch. 54. Ch. 55. Ch. 56. Ch. 57. Pt. 8. Ch. 58. Ch. 59. Ch. 60.
This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living religious traditions: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social facts: the community's size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schisms as well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of the religious traditions. Thus, for example, Islamic communities in Asia and the United States are included along with Islamic societies in the Middle East. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. The essays are written to be informative and accessible to the educated public, and to be respectful of the viewpoints of the communities analyzed.
9780199767649
Religion
200.9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking globally about religion / Indic cultural region -- Thinking globally about Hinduism / Traditional Brahmanical society / Popular Hindu movements / The Sikh community / The Jain community / Hindu communities abroad / Buddhist/Confucian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Buddhism / Theravada Buddhist societies / Tibetan Buddhist society / Vietnamese religious society / Traditional Chinese religious society / Popular religion in mainland China / Traditional Japanese religious society / Japanese new religious movements / Korean religious society / Buddhist communities abroad / Jewish cultural region. Thinking globally about Judaism / Jewish communities in Israel / Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Jewish communities in Europe / Jewish communities in the Americas / Jewish communities in Asia / Christian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Christianity / Western European Catholic societies / Eastern European Catholic societies / European Protestant societies / Orthodox Christian societies / Religious communities in Russia / The Coptic community / Latin American Catholic Societies / North American Religious Communities / Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America / African Christians communities / Christian communities in South Asia /
Christian communities in China / Christian communities in Southeast Asia / Mormon communities around the world / Islamic Cultural Region -- Thinking Globally about Islam / Arab Islamic Societies / North African Islamic Societies / Sub-Saharan African Islam / European Islam / Shi'a Islamic Societies / Islamic Communities in Central Asia / Islamic Communities in South Asia / Islamic Societies in Southeast Asia / Chinese Islamic Communities / American Islamic Communities / Religious Movements with Islamic Origins / African Cultural Region -- Thinking Globally about African Religion / Traditional African Religious Societies / Afro-Caribbean Religious Societies / Local Religious Societies -- Thinking Globally about Local Religious Societies / Native American Religious Societies / Australian Aboriginal Societies / Pacific Islands Religious Communities / Understanding Global Religion -- Religion in Global Perspective / Anti-Global Religion? / The Global Future of Religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- T.N. Madan -- Joseph W. Elder -- David N. Lorenzen -- Gurinder Singh Mann -- Lawrence A. Babb -- Vasudha Narayanan -- Gananath Obeyesekere -- Donald K. Swearer -- José Ignacio Cabezón -- Jayne S. Werner -- Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Christian Jochim. Susumu Shimazono -- Ian Reader -- Lewis Lancaster -- Thomas A. Tweed -- Harvey E. Goldberg -- Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht -- Reuben Ahroni -- Sergio DellaPergola -- J. Shawn Landres -- Nathan Katz -- Harvey Cox -- Karel Dobbelaere -- Sabrina P. Ramet -- Fritz Erich Anhelm -- Philip Walters -- Alexey D. Krindatch -- Juan E. Campo, John Iskander -- Paul E. Sigmund -- Wade Clarck Roof -- Randall Balmer -- David Chidester -- Ainslie T. Embree -- Richard Madsen -- Tara Villalba Munson -- Jan Shipps -- Said Amir Arjomand -- Saad Ibrahim, Richard C. Martin -- Ebrahim Moosa -- Abdulkader Tayob -- Amila Buturovic -- Mansoor Moaddel -- Richard C. Foltz -- Scott Kugle -- Mark Woodward -- Dru C. Gladney -- Jane I. Smith -- Ali S. Asani -- Jacob K. Olupona -- Kofi Asare Opoku -- Karen McCarthy Brown -- Juha Pentikäinen. Nimachia Hernandez -- John Hilary Martin -- Joel Robbins -- Martin Riesebrodt -- Roland Robertson -- Ninian Smart. Ch. 1. Pt. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. 2. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Pt. 3. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Pt. 4. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30. Ch. 31. Ch. 32. Ch. 33. Ch. 34. Ch. 35. Ch. 36. Ch. 37. Ch. 38. Pt. 5. Ch. 39. Ch. 40. Ch. 41. Ch. 42. Ch. 43. Ch. 44. Ch. 45. Ch. 46. Ch. 47. Ch. 48. Ch. 49. Ch. 50. Pt. 6. Ch. 51. Ch. 52. Ch. 53. Pt. 7. Ch. 54. Ch. 55. Ch. 56. Ch. 57. Pt. 8. Ch. 58. Ch. 59. Ch. 60.
This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living religious traditions: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social facts: the community's size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schisms as well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of the religious traditions. Thus, for example, Islamic communities in Asia and the United States are included along with Islamic societies in the Middle East. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. The essays are written to be informative and accessible to the educated public, and to be respectful of the viewpoints of the communities analyzed.
9780199767649
Religion
200.9