Religions in the Modern World
Traditions and Transformations
Price: $120.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-45890-0
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 31st March 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 448
- Illustrations: 8 drawings and 56 b+w photos
About the Book
Religions in the Modern World is a reader-friendly introduction to the latest work in the study of religion. Comprehensive in its coverage, the first part of the book, traditions and transformations, considers the history and modern practices of the main religious traditions of the world, while the second part of the book, Themes and Trends, analyses trends in the manisfestation of religion in the modern world, from secularization to the rise of new spiritualities.
Completely revised and updated, this new second edition is at the cutting edge of developments in the study of religion. Including brand new chapters on Religion and Violence, New Religious Movements, and Religion and Popular Culture, Religions in the Modern World reflects the way courses in Religious Studies and Sociology of Religion are increasingly paying attention not only to the past but also the very recent past and present. It includes discussion of the strength of the Christian Right, a revised chapter on Gender and Religion, as well as post 9/11 and 7/7 developments in Religion and Politics.
Comprehensive and accessible, the book will have a brand new text design, which will incorporate existing pedagogy, including key words, annotated further reading and glossaries, as well as illustrations, and will be accompanied by a textbook website, which will contain addition learning materials and resources.