Religion on the move! : new dynamics of religious expansion in a globalizing world /
How do religions spread in today's world, where Christian missions have lost influence and modern nations have replaced colonial empires? Religions on the Move is a collection of essays charting new religious expansions. Contemporary evangelists may be Nigerian, Korean, Brazilian or Congolese,...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
Series:
International Studies in Religion and Society
15.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248748.
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Call Number: BL637 .R45 2013eb
| Summary: | How do religions spread in today's world, where Christian missions have lost influence and modern nations have replaced colonial empires? Religions on the Move is a collection of essays charting new religious expansions. Contemporary evangelists may be Nigerian, Korean, Brazilian or Congolese, working at the grassroots and outside the mainstream in Pentecostal, reformist Islamic, and Hindu spiritual currents. While transportation and media provide newfound mobility, the mission field may be next door, in Europe, North America, and within the "South," where migrants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America settle. These essays, using perspectives from religious studies, ethnography, history and sociology, show that immigrants, women, and other disempowered peoples transmit their faiths from everywhere to everywhere, engaging in globalization from below. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 470 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004243378 |
| ISSN: | 1573-4293 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |