The Oxford handbook of global religions /

The Oxford handbook of global religions / Global religions edited by Mark Juergensmeyer. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxii, 651 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Thinking globally about religion / Indic cultural region -- Thinking globally about Hinduism / Traditional Brahmanical society / Popular Hindu movements / The Sikh community / The Jain community / Hindu communities abroad / Buddhist/Confucian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Buddhism / Theravada Buddhist societies / Tibetan Buddhist society / Vietnamese religious society / Traditional Chinese religious society / Popular religion in mainland China / Traditional Japanese religious society / Japanese new religious movements / Korean religious society / Buddhist communities abroad / Jewish cultural region -- Thinking globally about Judaism / Jewish communities in Israel / Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East / Jewish communities in Europe / Jewish communities in the Americas / Jewish communities in Asia / Mark Juergensmeyer -- T.N. Madan -- Joseph W. Elder -- David N. Lorenzen -- Gurinder Singh Mann -- Lawrence A. Babb -- Vasudha Narayanan -- Gananath Obeyesekere -- Donald K. Swearer -- Jos�e Ignacio Cabez�on -- Jayne S. Werner ; Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Christian Jochim -- Susumu Shimazono -- Ian Reader -- Lewis Lancaster -- Thomas A. Tweed -- Harvey E. Goldberg -- Roger Friedland Richard D. Hecht -- Reuben Ahroni -- Sergio DellaPergola -- J. Shawn Landres -- Nathan Katz. 1. pt. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. pt. 2. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. pt. 3. 18. 19. and 20. 21. 22. 23. Christian cultural region -- Thinking globally about Christianity / Western European Catholic societies / Eastern European Catholic societies / European Protestant societies / Orthodox Christian societies / Religious communities in Russia / The Coptic community / Latin American Catholic societies / North American religious communities / Evangelical Christian community in North and South America / African Christian communities / Christian communities in South Asia / Christian communities in China / Christian communities in Southeast Asia / Mormon communites around the world / Harvey Cox -- Karel Dobbelaere -- Sabrina P. Ramet -- Fritz Erich Anhelm -- Philip Walters -- Alexey D. Krindatch -- Juan E. Campo, John Iskander -- Paul E. Sigmund -- Wade Clark Roof -- Randall Balmer -- David Chidester -- Anslie T. Embree -- Richard Madsen -- Tara Villalba Munson -- Jan Shipps. pt. 4. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Islamic cultural region -- Thinking globally about Islam / Arab Islamic societies / North African Islamic societies / Sub-Saharan African Islam / European Islam / Shi'a Islamic societies / Islamic communities in Central Asia / Islamic communities in South Asia / Islamic societies in Southeast Asia / Chinese Islamic communities / American Islamic communities / Religious movements with Islamic origins / African cultural region -- Thinking globally about African religion / Traditional African religious society / Afro-Caribbean religious societies / Local religious societies -- Thinking globally about local religious societies / Native American religious societies / Australian Aboriginal societies / Pacific Islands religious communities / Understanding global religion -- Religion in global perspective / Anti-global religion? / The global future of religion / Said Amir Arjomand -- Saad Ibrahim Richard C. Martin -- Ebrahim Moosa -- Abdulkader Tayob -- Amila Buturovic -- Mansoor Moaddel -- Richard C. Foltz -- Scott Kugle -- Mark Woodward -- Dru C. Gladney -- Jane I. Smith -- Ali S. Asani -- Jacob K. Olupona -- Kofi Asare Opoku -- Karen McCarthy Brown -- Juba Pentikainen -- Nimachia Hernandez -- John Hilary Martin -- Joel Robbins -- Martin Riesebrodt -- Roland Robertson -- Ninian Smart -- pt. 5. 39. 40. and 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. pt. 6. 51. 52. 53. pt. 7. 54. 55. 56. 57. pt. 8. 58. 59. 60. Index.

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Religions.

REF BL 74 / .O94 2006