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Zusatztext Juergensmeyer and his fellow essayists have produced a volume who purpose is to examine religious communities within a framework of global diversity. Contributors treat these areas with essays that concisely analyze the religions historically and socially: provide information about the organization, size, leaders, and political concerns of the various communities; show how religions provide cultural identity for adherents; and discuss attitudes towards modernity. This sourcebook will quickly become a standard reference work for students and general readers alike. Informationen zum Autor Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara Klappentext This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. Zusammenfassung This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living religious traditions: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social facts: the community's size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schisms as well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of the religious traditions. Thus, for example, Islamic communities in Asia and the United States are included along with Islamic societies in the Middle East. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. The essays are written to be informative and accessible to the educated public, and to be respectful of the viewpoints of the communities analyzed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors 1. Thinking Globally about Religion Part I: Indic Cultural Region 2. Thinking Globally about Hinduism 3. Traditional Brahmanical Society 4. Popular Hindu Movements 5. The Sikh Community 6. The Jain Community 7. Hindu Communities Abroad Part II: Buddhist/Confucian Cultural Region 8. Thinking Globally about Buddhism 9. Theravada Buddhist Societies 10. Tibetan Buddhist Society 11. Vietnamese Religious Society 12. Traditional Chinese Religious Society 13. Popular Religion in Mainland China 14. Traditional Japanese Religious Society 15. Japanese New Religious Movements 16. Korean Religious Society 17. Buddhist Communities Abroad Part III: Jewish Cultural Region 18. Thinking Globally about Judaism 19. Jewish Communities in Israel 20. Jewish Communities in North Africa and the Middle East 21. Jewish Communities in Europe 22. Jewish Communities in the Americas 23. Jewish Communities in Asia Part IV: Christian Cultural Region 24. Thinking Globally about Christianity 25. Western European Catholic Societies 26. Eastern European Catholic Societies 27. European Protestant Societies 28. Orthodox Christian Societies 29. Religious Communities in Russia 30. The Coptic Community 31. Latin American Catholic Societies 32. North American Religious Communities 33. Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America Pa...
