The Oxford handbook of global religions
By: edited by Mark Juergensmeyer
Contributors: Juergensmeyer, Mark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 651
Subjects: Religions
Other titles: Global religions
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Thinking globally about religion / Mark Juergensmeyer; title: Indic cultural region. Thinking globally about Hinduism / T.N. Madan ; Traditional Brahmanical society / Joseph W. Elder ; Popular Hindu movements / David N. Lorenzen ; The Sikh community / Gurinder Singh Mann ; The Jain community / Lawrence A. Babb ; Hindu communities abroad / Vasudha Narayanan; title: Buddhist/Confucian cultural region. Thinking globally about Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere ; Theravada Buddhist societies / Donald K. Swearer ; Tibetan Buddhist society / José Ignacio Cabezón ; Vietnamese religious society / Jayne S. Werner ; Traditional Chinese religious society / Vivian-Lee Nyitray ; Popular religion in mainland China / Christian Jochim ; Traditional Japanese religious society / Susumu Shimazono ; Japanese new religious movements / Ian Reader ; Korean religious society / Lewis Lancaster ; Buddhist communities abroad / Thomas A. Tweed; title: Jewish cultural region. Thinking globally about Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg ; Jewish communities in Israel / Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht ; Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Reuben Ahroni ; Jewish communities in Europe / Sergio DellaPergola ; Jewish communities in the Americas / J. Shawn Landres ; Jewish communities in Asia / Nathan Katz; title: Christian cultural region. Thinking globally about Christianity / Harvey Cox ; Western European Catholic societies / Karel Dobbelaere ; Eastern European Catholic societies / Sabrina P. Ramet ; European Protestant societies / Fritz Erich Anhelm ; Orthodox Christian societies / Philip Walters ; Religious communities in Russia / Alexey D. Krindatch ; The Coptic community / Juan E. Campo, John Iskander