The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-976764-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1143 g

This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living religious traditions: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social facts: the community's size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schisms as well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of the religious traditions. Thus, for example, Islamic communities in Asia and the United States are included along with Islamic societies in the Middle East. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. The essays are written to be informative and accessible to the educated public, and to be respectful of the viewpoints of the communities analyzed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Juergensmeyer, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contributors

- 1. Thinking Globally about Religion

- Part I: Indic Cultural Region

- 2. Thinking Globally about Hinduism

- 3. Traditional Brahmanical Society

- 4. Popular Hindu Movements

- 5. The Sikh Community

- 6. The Jain Community

- 7. Hindu Communities Abroad

- Part II: Buddhist/Confucian Cultural Region

- 8. Thinking Globally about Buddhism

- 9. Theravada Buddhist Societies

- 10. Tibetan Buddhist Society

- 11. Vietnamese Religious Society

- 12. Traditional Chinese Religious Society

- 13. Popular Religion in Mainland China

- 14. Traditional Japanese Religious Society

- 15. Japanese New Religious Movements

- 16. Korean Religious Society

- 17. Buddhist Communities Abroad

- Part III: Jewish Cultural Region

- 18. Thinking Globally about Judaism

- 19. Jewish Communities in Israel

- 20. Jewish Communities in North Africa and the Middle East

- 21. Jewish Communities in Europe

- 22. Jewish Communities in the Americas

- 23. Jewish Communities in Asia

- Part IV: Christian Cultural Region

- 24. Thinking Globally about Christianity

- 25. Western European Catholic Societies

- 26. Eastern European Catholic Societies

- 27. European Protestant Societies

- 28. Orthodox Christian Societies

- 29. Religious Communities in Russia

- 30. The Coptic Community

- 31. Latin American Catholic Societies

- 32. North American Religious Communities

- 33. Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America

- Part V: Islamic Cultural Region

- 39. Thinking Globally about Islam

- 40. Arab Islamic Societies

- 41. North African Islamic Societies

- 42. Sub-Saharan African Islam

- 43. European Islam

- 44. Shi'a Islamic Societies

- 45. Islamic Communities in Central Asia

- 46. Islamic Communities in South Asia

- 47. Islamic Societies in Southeast Asia

- 48. Chinese Islamic Communities

- 49. American Islamic Communities

- 50. Religious Movements with Islamic Origins

- Part VI: African Cultural Region

- 51. Thinking Globally about African Religion

- 52. Traditional African Religious Societies

- 53. Afro-Caribbean Religious Societies

- Part VII: Local Religious Societies

- 54. Thinking Globally about Local Religious Societies

- 55. Native American Religious Societies

- 56. Australian Aboriginal Societies

- 57. Pacific Islands Religious Communities

- Part VIII: Understanding Global Religion

- 58. Religion in Global Perspective

- 59. Anti-Global Religion?

- 60. The Global Future of Religion

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara