American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy

by Don S. Browning

Book Overview

Religions respond to capitalism, democracy, industrialization, feminism, individualism, and the phenomenon of globalization in a variety of ways. Some religions conform to these challenges, if not capitulate to them; some critique or resist them, and some work to transform the modern societies they inhabit.

In this unique collection of critical essays, scholars of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Native...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231138008
• ISBN13: 9780231138000
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"