Religions in global society
By: Peter Beyer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Religions; Globalization -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : religion as concept and social reality in global society; title: Globalization and global society; title: The religious system of global society; title: Formation and re-formation of Abrahamic religions : Christianity and Islam; title: The realization of Hinduism; title: Refusal and appropriation in East Asia : Confucianism and Shinto; title: New religions, non-institutionalized religiosity and the control of a contested category.