The Oxford handbook of global religions / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer.
Other titles
- OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL RELIGIONS
- Global religions
- Global religions.
Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press 2006
Physical description
1 online resource (xxii, 651 p. )
ISBN
- 0-19-020756-6
- 0-19-989212-1
Notes
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction available: Electronic reproduction. [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2015. Available in HTML and PDF formats. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Description based on contents viewed 23 July 2015.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- English
- Available in electronic full text to members of the University via the Library web catalogue.
- Description based on print version record.
Audience
- specialized
Contents
- Partial contents Thinking globally about religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Indic cultural region. Thinking globally about Hinduism / T.N. Madan ; Traditional Brahmanical society / Joseph W. Elder ; Popular Hindu movements / David N. Lorenzen ; The Sikh community / Gurinder Singh Mann ; The Jain community / Lawrence A. Babb ; Hindu communities abroad / Vasudha Narayanan -- Buddhist/Confucian cultural region. Thinking globally about Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere ; Theravada Buddhist societies / Donald K. Swearer ; Tibetan Buddhist society / José Ignacio Cabezón ; Vietnamese religious society / Jayne S. Werner ; Traditional Chinese religious society / Vivian-Lee Nyitray ; Popular religion in mainland China / Christian Jochim ; Traditional Japanese religious society / Susumu Shimazono ; Japanese new religious movements / Ian Reader ; Korean religious society / Lewis Lancaster ; Buddhist communities abroad / Thomas A. Tweed -- Jewish cultural region. Thinking globally about Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg ; Jewish communities in Israel / Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht ; Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Reuben Ahroni ; Jewish communities in Europe / Sergio DellaPergola ; Jewish communities in the Americas / J. Shawn Landres ; Jewish communities in Asia / Nathan Katz -- Christian cultural region. Thinking globally about Christianity / Harvey Cox ; Western European Catholic societies / Karel Dobbelaere ; Eastern European Catholic societies / Sabrina P. Ramet ; European Protestant societies / Fritz Erich Anhelm ; Orthodox Christian societies / Philip Walters ; Religious communities in Russia / Alexey D. Krindatch ; The Coptic community / Juan E. Campo, John Iskander.
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Other names
- Juergensmeyer, Mark.
- Oxford University Press [publisher]
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Summary
- 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.
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