New Religions and Globalization: Empircal, Theorical and Methological Perspectives
Globalisation is a predominant theme in contemporary educational and political circles. Research on globalisation has become a political priority because the world has become a 'single place' where local events may have world-wide political, economic and military consequences. Oftentimes,...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Santa Barbara
Aarhus University Press
2008
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In: | Jahr: 2008 |
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | RENNER Studies on New Religions
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Zusammenfassung: | Globalisation is a predominant theme in contemporary educational and political circles. Research on globalisation has become a political priority because the world has become a 'single place' where local events may have world-wide political, economic and military consequences. Oftentimes, however, cultural and religious consequences are ignored -- although recent waves of violence seem to be religiously fuelled. This book argues that studying new religions in a globalisation perspective offers theoretical and methodological advantages for the general study of religion and the general study of |
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Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
ISBN: | 8779342949 |