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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Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Santa Barbara
Aarhus University Press
2008
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Dans: | Année: 2008 |
Collection/Revue: | RENNER Studies on New Religions
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Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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Résumé: | 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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Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
ISBN: | 8779342949 |