Religions in Global Society

by Peter Beyer

Book Overview

Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion': what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415393191
• ISBN13: 9780415393195
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"