Gods in the Global Village : The World's Religions in Sociological Perspective /: The World's Religions in Sociological Perspective. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lester R. Kurtz.
• Authors: Kurtz, Lester R
• Contents: Chapter 1: Religious Life in the Global Village; Religion and the Globalization of Social Life; Religion and the Sociological Tradition; Tools of the Trade; Major Themes in the Sociology of Religion; Chapter 2: A Sociological Tour: Turning East; Types of Religious Traditions; Hinduism, or Sanatana Dharma; Buddhism; Religious Life in China and East Asia; Chapter 3: The Tour: Western Religions -- Judaism, Christianity, And Islam; Prolegomena: The Ancient Greeks; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Kinship Network Continuities in Judaism and Islam; The Social Construction of Religious Traditions; The Elementary Forms of Religious Life; Chapter 4: Indigenous Religions; Indigenous Beliefs; Indigenous Rituals; Indigenous Institutions; Indigenous Environmentalism; Chapter 5: The Religious Ethos; Constructing a Religious Ethos; Religion and Identity Construction; Religion and Stratification; Religious Taboo Lines and Ethical Systems; Religion and Sexuality; Religion and Politics; The Ethos of the Global Village; Chapter 6: Modernism and Multiculturalism; From Local to Cosmopolitan; The Challenge of Modernism; Historical Outcomes of the Modernist Crisis; The Modernist Crisis and the Twenty-First Century; The Crisis of Multiculturalism
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.6; Religion and sociology; Religions; Religious pluralism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483386461; 1483386465
• Related ISBNs: 9781483374123
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.