Religions in Movement: The Local and the Global in Contemporary Faith Traditions

by Robert W. Hefner

Book Overview

There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization. In contrast, until recently there has been much less debate about the fate of religion. 'Globalization' has been viewed as part of the rationalization process, which has already relegated religion to the dustbin of history, just as it threatens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138922846
• ISBN13: 9781138922846
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"