Religion & globalization : world religions in historical perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Esposito, John L. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. |
| Description: | 609 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6687131 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Religion and Globalization
- Understanding Religious Experience and Its Expressions
- The Great Religious Stories of the World
- Modernization in Global Perspective
- Modern Colonialism, the Socialist Challenge, and the End of Modernity
- Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- 2. Christianity and the Road to Globalization
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
- Premodern Christianity: The Formative Era
- Premodern Christianity: The Classical Era
- Christianity and Modernity
- Christianity and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Conclusion
- 3. The Many Faces of Judaism: Scared and Secular
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: Modern Judaisms and the Challenge of Ultra-Orthodoxy
- Premodern Judaism: The Formative Era-Biblical Origins
- Premodern Judaism: The Formative Era-From Torah to Talmud
- Premodern Judaism: The Classical Era
- Judaism and Modernity
- Judaism and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Conclusion
- 4. The Globalization of Islam and Muslims
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: The Challenge of Western Colonialism
- Premodern Islam: The Formative Era
- Premodern Islam: The Classical Era
- Islam and Modernity
- Islam and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Islam: Postmodern Challenges
- Conclusion
- 5. Hinduism: Myriad Paths to Salvation
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: Hindu Challenges to India as a Secular State
- Premodern Hinduism: The Formative Era
- Premodern Hinduism: The Classical Era
- Premodern Hinduism: The Postclassical Era
- Hinduism and Modernity
- Hinduism and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Conclusion
- 6. Buddhism: Ways to Nirvana
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: Socially Engaged Buddhism
- Premodern Buddhism: The Formative Era
- Premodern Buddhism: The Classical Era
- Premodern Buddhism: Buddhist Expansion
- Buddhism and Modernity
- Buddhism and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Conclusion
- 7. East Asian Religions: Traditions of Human Cultivation and Natural Harmony
- Overview
- Encounter with Modernity: Postcolonial Confucian Economics
- East Asian Religions in the Premodern Era
- East Asian Religions and Modernity
- East Asian Religions and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World
- Conclusion
- 8. Globalization: From New to New Age Religions
- Overview
- New Religions
- New Age Religions
- Religious Postmodernism and Global Ethics
- Glossary
- Time Lines
- Index