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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions (Oxford Handbooks)

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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions (Oxford Handbooks)

by Juergensmeyer, Mark

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Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Full-color pictorial wrapper with red and white lettering. 651 historical and informative pages! "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 factsthe communitys size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schismsas 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....

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Title
The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions (Oxford Handbooks)
Author
Juergensmeyer, Mark
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Soft cover
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1st Edition 1st Printing
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Paperback
ISBN 10
0199767645
ISBN 13
9780199767649
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford, NY
Date Published
2011
Pages
651
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8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Keywords
RELIGIONS GLOBAL WORLD INDIC CULTURAL REGION BUDDHIST CONFUCIAN REFERENCE GUIDEBOOKS HANDBOOKS MANUALS JEWISH CHRISTIAN ISLAMIC AFRICAN LOCAL RELIGIOUS SOCITIES HISTORY CHRISTIANITY RELIGION SPIRITUAL SPIRITUALITY

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