World religions and multiculturalism  a dialectic relation /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - International comparative social studies,  v. 23  1568-4474 ; .
 - International comparative social studies ;  v. 23. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-392) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. New perspectives. The new religious constellations in the frameworks of contemporary globalization and civilizational transformation / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt -- Religious America, secular Europe : framing the debate / Grace Davie -- Globalization, nationalism and religion : a multiple modernities perpsective on imperial and peripheral nations in post-Communist Europe / Willfried Spohn -- pt. 2. Christian faiths. Dynamics of ultramodern religiosity and new forms of religious spatiality / Danièle Hervieu-Lèger -- Pentecostalism : a Christian revival sweeping the developing world / David Martin -- Trans-national Pentecostalism and secular modernity / Bernice Martin -- pt. 3. Islam. Transnational Islam in a post-Westphalian world : connectedness vs. sovereignty / Armando Salvatore -- Autoritarian persistence and barriers to democracy in the Muslim Middle East : beyond cultural essentialism / Mehdi P. Amineh -- From Medina to the Ummah : Muslim globalization in historical and contemporary perspective / Peter Mandaville -- pt. 4. Asian religions. Establishment of Buddhist sacred space in contemporary India : the Ambedkarite Buddhism, Dalit civil religion and the struggle against social exclusion / Knut A. Jacobsen -- Hindu traditions in diaspora : shifting spaces and places / Martin Baumann -- Religions in India and China today / Peter van der Veer -- pt. 5. Judaism. One people? : contemporary Jewish identities / Eliezer Ben-Rafael -- Judaism and global religious trends : some contemporary developments / Shlomo Fischer -- pt. 6. The comparative dimension. Religion, territory and multiculturalism / Yitzhak Sternberg. 
<br/><br/> This book is about new forms of religious activities emerging in the context of their dialectic relations with contemporary multicultural realities. World religions are effectively a major agent of the multiculturalization of contemporary societies. However, multiculturalism pushes them not only toward change but also toward new conflicts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004189188 9004189181 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religious pluralism.<br/>Multiculturalism--Religious aspects.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.<br/>Multiculturalism--Religious aspects.<br/>Religious pluralism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL85  / .W73 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.6