The Changing face of religion
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The Changing face of religion
(Sage studies in international sociology, 37)
Sage, 1989
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This innovative book, newly available in paper, examines the global significance of religion, and the different and complex ways in which the role of religion has changed - and is changing - in different societies. Has a process of separating religion from politics been reversed by recent developments? To what extent do the central values and concepts of traditional religion remain embedded in a society in which substantial numbers no longer formally follow the faith? How has the balance of religious influence between mainline denominations and `cults' changed, and what is the significance of such change?
Table of Contents
Introduction - James A Beckford and Thomas Luckmann
Globalization, Politics and Religion - Roland Robertson
Diffused Religion and New Values in Italy - Roberto Cipriani
From Parish to Transcendent Humanism in France - Yves Lambert
Religion in New Zealand - Michael Hill and Wiebe Zwaga
Change and Comparison
Afro-Brazilian Cults and Religious Change in Brazil - Maria Isaura and Pereira de Queiroz
The Emergence of Islamic Political Ideologies - Said Arjomand
Islam as a New Religious Movement in Malaysia - Daniel Regan
The Sacred in African New Religions - Bennetta Jules-Rosette
The Changing Face of Khasi Religion - Soumen Sen
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