Gods in the global village : the world's religions in sociological perspective
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Gods in the global village : the world's religions in sociological perspective
(Sociology for a new century)
SAGE, c2016
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-361) and index
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Description
In a world plagued by religious conflict, how can the various religious and secular traditions coexist peacefully on the planet? And, what role does sociology play in helping us understand the state of religious life in a globalizing world? In the Fourth Edition of Gods in the Global Village, author Lester Kurtz continues to address these questions. This text is an engaging, thought-provoking examination of the relationships among the major faith traditions that inform the thinking and ethical standards of most people in the emerging global social order. Thoroughly updated to reflect recent events, the book discusses the role of religion in our daily lives and global politics, and the ways in which religion is both an agent of, and barrier to, social change.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Religious Life in the Global Village
Religion and the Globalization of Social Life
Religion and the Sociological Tradition
Tools of the Trade
Three Pillars of Analysis: Beliefs, Rituals, and Institutions
Major Themes in the Sociology of Religion
2. A Sociological Tour: Turning East
Types of Religious Traditions
Hinduism, or Sanatana Dharma
Buddhism
Sikhism
Religious Life in China and East Asia
3. The Tour: Western Religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Prolegomena: The Ancient Greeks
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Kinship Network Continuities in Judaism and Islam
The Social Construction of Religious Traditions
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
4. Indigenous Religions
Indigenous Beliefs
Indigenous Rituals
Indigenous Institutions
Indigenous Environmentalism
5. The Religious Ethos
Constructing a Religious Ethos
Religion and Identity Construction
Religion and Stratification
Religious Taboo Lines and Ethical Systems
Religion and Sexuality
Religion and Politics
The Ethos of the Global Village
6. Modernism and Multiculturalism
From Local to Cosmopolitan
The Challenge of Modernism
Historical Outcomes of the Modernist Crisis
The Modernist Crisis and the 21st Century
The Crisis of Multiculturalism
7. Religious Movements for a New Century
Civil Religion and Nationalism
Religious Syncretism and Alternative Religious Movements
New Forms of Religiosity
Women's Movements
Religious Environmental Movements
Constructing and Reconstructing Religious Life
8. Religion and Social Conflict
A Theory of Religious Conflict
Religion and the Problem of Violence
Religious Contributions to Nonviolence
Islam and Nonviolence
Chaos or Community?
Notes
References
Glossary/Index
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