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Gods in the Global Village : The World's Religions in Sociological Perspective

ISBN: 9781412991254 | 1412991250

Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 12/1/2011

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Summary Table of Contents

In an era plagued by religious conflict, the Third Edition of Gods in the Global Village directly responds to issues of social problems prevalent in the world today. Using an engaging, thought-provoking style, author Lester R. Kurtz focuses on the relationship among the major faith traditions that inform the thinking and ethical standards of most people in the emerging global social order. This book focuses on a central aspect of that common crisis. A major assumption of this book is that all knowledge is shaped by the social context of the kno... MORE

About the Author	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Religious Life in the Global Village	p. 1
Religion and the Globalization of Social Life	p. 4
Religion and the Sociological Tradition	p. 6
Tools of the Trade	p. 9
Major Themes in the Sociology of Religion	p. 42
A Sociological Tour: Turning East	p. 45
... MORETypes of Religious Traditions	p. 47
Hinduism, or Sanatana Dharma	p. 53
Buddhism	p. 68
Religious Life in China and East Asia	p. 76
The Tour: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	p. 89
Judaism	p. 89
Christianity	p. 97
Islam	p. 106
Tribal Continuities in Judaism and Islam	p. 112
The Social Construction of Religious Traditions	p. 115
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life	p. 121
Indigenous Religions	p. 125
Indigenous Beliefs	p. 128
Indigenous Rituals	p. 136
Indigenous Institutions	p. 141
Indigenous Environmentalism	p. 142
The Religious Ethos	p. 145
Constructing a Religious Ethos	p. 145
Religion and Identity Construction	p. 149
Religion and Stratification	p. 158
Religious Taboo Lines and Ethical Systems	p. 164
Religion and Sexuality	p. 182
Religion and Politics	p. 191
The Ethos of the Global Village	p. 202
Modernism and Multiculturalism	p. 205
From Local to Cosmopolitan	p. 206
The Challenge of Modernism	p. 208
Historical Outcomes of the Modernist Crisis	p. 215
The Modernist Crisis and the Twenty-First Century	p. 221
The Crisis of Multiculturalism	p. 223
Religious Movements for a New Century	p. 245
Civil Religion and Nationalism	p. 245
Religious Syncretism and Alternative Religious Movements	p. 249
New Forms of Religiosity	p. 265
Women's Movements	p. 266
Environmental Movements	p. 274
Constructing and Reconstructing Religious Life	p. 276
Religion and Social Conflict	p. 279
A Theory of Religious Conflict	p. 281
Religion and the Problem of Violence	p. 283
Religious Contributions to Nonviolence	p. 291
Islam and Nonviolence	p. 300
Chaos or Community?	p. 311
Notes	p. 319
References	p. 323
Glossary/Index	p. 345
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