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: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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.