Hawkin The Twenty-first Century Confronts Its Gods

Globalization, Technology, and War
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8461-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten

Maintains that the secular West has its gods—such as market capitalism—and that veneration of these contributes to the cultural and religious unrest of our time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawkin, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: NEW GODS FOR OLD?
Introduction

1. The Origins of Modernity and the Technological Society

David J. Hawkin
2. Religion, Risk, and the Technological Society

Conrad G. Brunk
3. Nature and Community in the Global Market

Rosemary E. Ommer
4. Media Technology and the Future of Religions

Jay Newman
5. The West Against the Rest? A Buddhist Response to The Clash of Civilizations
David R. Loy
PART TWO: GODS OF WAR?
6. Terrorism: Some Theological Reflections

Timothy Gorringe
7. Islam and the Politics of Violence: Defining the Muslim Community

Andrew Rippin
8. Disarming Phineas: Rabbinic Confrontations with Biblical Militancy

Eliezer Segal
9. Hindutva and the Rhetoric of Violence: Interpreting the Past, Designing the Future

Ronald Neufeldt
10. Buddhism and Violence in Modernity

Robert E. Florida
Conclusion: The Ascension of Mars and the Salvation of the Modern World

Michael L. Hadley
List of Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

David J. Hawkin is Professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the author of The Johannine World: Reflections on the Theology of the Fourth Gospel and Contemporary Society, also published by SUNY Press.