| World Order and Religion Contributor(s): Roof, Wade Clark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 079140739X ISBN-13: 9780791407394 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 291.17 |
| LCCN: 90045447 |
| Series: Suny Religion, Culture, and Society |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book looks at religion from a global perspective and examines how religion is shaped by the larger set of political and economic relationships that make up today's world. Focusing mainly on Western religion and on the changing role of the United States in world affairs, the authors show how shifts in the hegemony of the United States is affecting religious and ideological trends. Attention is given particularly to the United States in relation to Latin America, South Africa, and the post-colonial world of China, Japan, and the Islamic states. This volume highlights the impact of greater global connectedness on the rise of new religious movements and changing patterns of establishment religion in the United States. |