[Rezension von: Religious internationals in the modern world]
As we enter the twenty-first century, there is little doubt that religion plays an important role in both international and emerging national politics. This was not entirely anticipated in the late twentieth century when secularization seemed the dominant theme of an emerging global modernity. But i...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 168-170 |
| Review of: | Religious internationals in the modern world (Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Hunt, Robert)
Religious internationals in the modern world (Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Hunt, Robert) Religious internationals in the modern world (Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Hunt, Robert) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Globalization
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | As we enter the twenty-first century, there is little doubt that religion plays an important role in both international and emerging national politics. This was not entirely anticipated in the late twentieth century when secularization seemed the dominant theme of an emerging global modernity. But if vastly increased attention has been given to international and transnational religious movements in the fields of international relations and political science, less has been understood about the historical relationship between the emergence of an international order and the politicization of religion that are critical precursors to the role of religion in the midst of globalization. In addition, the interests of Christian mission studies or the analytical framework of post-colonial studies too often limits what has been researched. This book, edited by Abigail Green and Vincent Viaene, offers critical insights into the relationship between these processes from a new perspective ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu115 |