Religions in Global Society
by Peter Beyer
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Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today. Written with exceptional clarity and illustrated with show more lively and diverse examples ranging from Islam and Hinduism to African traditional religions show lessTags
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Peter Beyer is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Economics, Sociology
- DDC/MDS
- 306.6 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Religious institutions
- LCC
- BL65 .G55 .B94 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion
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- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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