Overview

The process of global change which is challenging the state's traditional role in international relations is usually seen in terms of economic and technological development. It is also associated with the spreading of modern (Western) consumerist cultural values. Little attention has been paid to the consequences to religion of a process which is affecting not only institutions but also collective values and beliefs. This book addresses the diverse and complex questions raised by a consideration of the relationship of religion to global order. It clarifies the role of religion in relation to such contemporary aspects of global order as developmental issues, the environment, change and the Third World and questions of identity. It also assesses the prospects for religion and its likely content in the 21st-century.

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Author:   John Esposito ,  Michael Martin Watson
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780708315255

ISBN 10:   0708315259
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   20 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

John Esposito and Michael Watson - Overview - the significance of religion for global order; Scott Thomas - Religious resurgence - postmodernism and world politics; James Piscatori - Religious transnationalism and global order, with particular consideration of Islam; Michael Walsh - Catholicism and international relations - papal interventionism; John Esposito - Political Islam and global order; Paul Badham - Religion and the fall of Communism; Simon Murden - Religion and the political and social order in the Middle East; Jeff Haynes - Renaissance of political religion in the Third World in the context of global change; Sulak Sivaraska - Buddhist response to global development; Dan Cohn - Sherbok - Judaism and global theology; John Haught - Theology, ecology and the idea of global order

Reviews

"'The collection provides a useful corrective to the ""religion as a threat"" position that often dominates textbooks on international relations, if religion is mentioned.' International Affairs 'Much of the book's analysis will be of interest to audiences in Europe, North America, and indeed in the third world.' Reviews in Religion and Theology"

'The collection provides a useful corrective to the religion as a threat position that often dominates textbooks on international relations, if religion is mentioned.' International Affairs 'Much of the book's analysis will be of interest to audiences in Europe, North America, and indeed in the third world.' Reviews in Religion and Theology

Author Information

John Eposito is director of the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown University, USA. Michael Watson was, until 1999, senior lecturer in the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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