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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

by Mark Juergensmeyer

  • Paperback
  • 688 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 17 x 24.5 x 3.5 cm

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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.
The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions and Global Religions
Global ReligionsThe Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

  • Author

    Mark Juergensmeyer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    August 2011

  • Weight

    1058g

  • Page Count

    688

  • Dimensions

    17 x 24.5 x 3.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199767649

  • ISBN-10

    0199767645

  • Eden Code

    4024353

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