Encyclopedia of global religion [electronic resource] / Mark Juergensmeyer, Wade Clark Roof, editors. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012. - 1 online resource (2 v. (xxxviii, 1469 p.)) : ill.

"A SAGE reference publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

V. 1. A-L -- v. 2. M-Z, Index.

Provides an overview of the globalization of religious culture and society around the world in its historical and contemporary aspects; includes topics related to the diaspora of cultures and dispersions of peoples; the transitional aspects of religious ideas and practices; the cultural diversity of religious traditions; the responses of religion--both negative and positive--to multicultural society; and essays on the contemporary religious society of every country in the world.

9781452266565 (electronic bk.) 1452266565 (electronic bk.) 9781780344836 (electronic bk.) 178034483X (electronic bk.)


Religions--Encyclopedias.
RELIGION / Reference


Electronic references sources.
Electronic encyclopedias.
Reference books.
Electronic books.

BL80.3 / .E52 2012eb

200.3