Religion and Globalization by Peter Beyer

Religion and Globalization by Peter Beyer

It is illuminating, it may be persuasive, it ought to be read... the reader is introduced to a wealth of recent literature covering disparate areas of debate. Yet the main value lies in the challenge presented by the novel synthesis as a whole.' - Journal of Contemporary Religion

`It is illuminating, it may be persuasive, it ought to be read... Beyer′s discussion is both more complex amd more nuanced than can be conveyed in a short review. Relatedly, it is more illuminating, more thought-provoking - and more interesting!... the reader is introduced to a wealth of recent literature covering disparate areas of debate, all of them important, and this in itself is valuable. Yet the main value lies in the challenge presented by the novel synthesis as a whole. Participants in future debates will need to digest this book - interested observers would be well advised to do so too′ - Journal of Contemporary Religion

`The five case studies are very well informed; they are simultaneously accessible to the novice and worthwhile for scholars who study religion and social movements. For the most part, the empirical chapters could stand alone, partly because of their quality but also because their insights may not greatly depend upon the theoretical chapters.... Beyer′s globalization thesis makes some interesting suggestions that are worth exploring′ - Contemporary Sociology

`This is an innovative, important and timely book that offers much to social scientists with an interest in the role of religion in the contemporary world. In summary form the question posed by this remarkable book is this: will systemic world religion prove capable of generating the kind of "global civil religion" (albeit diversified) that is much needed where functional differentiation and cultural fragmentation have destroyed shared norms. Thus on the one hand, Dr Beyer challenges the social scientist with an exceptionally wide-ranging theoretical argument, but equally, on the other, he confronts the practitioner with a powerful and suggestive explanation of the function and potential of contemporary religion - and therefore with an opportunity that must not be overlooked′ - Professor Richard Roberts, Director of the Institute for Religion and Human Sciences, University of St Andrews

`Peter Beyers adds a new, benchmark approach to the analysis of globalization and religion in the global circumstance...He has brought a new theoretical strategy to bear the analysis of religion in the contemporary world′ - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Peter Beyer is professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Rubina Ramji is associate professor of religious studies at Cape Breton University.

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ISBN 13	9780803989177
ISBN 10	0803989172
Title	Religion and Globalization
Author	Peter Beyer
Series	Published In Association With Theory Culture And Society Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	1994-01-17
Number of pages	256
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