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God and Globalization, v. 1 - Religion and the Powers of the Common Life (Hardcover, c2000-
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God and Globalization, v. 1 - Religion and the Powers of the Common Life (Hardcover, c2000-
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In the late 20th century, the world has grown increasingly smaller
because of advances in technology and the erosion of the
nation-state as a political paradigm. The process of
globalization-with its promises of a common culture, a common
currency, and a common government-offers a new political model for
the world that fosters unity and community. At the same time,
however, this process threatens to destroy the values, norms, and
ideals that particular cultures have wrought and established and to
thereby diminish the power of each culture's unique identity. As
globalization occurs, society must decide which values will be
normative and what roles that social institutions like religion and
education will play in selecting and fostering these values. The
contributors to this volume examine both the promise and the threat
of globalization using the tools of theological ethics to
understand and evaluate the "social contexts of life at the deepest
moral and spiritual levels." This inaugural volume of a projected
four volume series, Theology for the 21st Century: God and
Globalization, examines five spheres of life-economics (Mammon),
political science (Mars), psychology and sexuality (Eros), the mass
media and the arts (Muses), and religion-that foster normative
values for society. As the writers argue, their efforts attempt to
determine whether "God is behind globalization in any substantive
way." Contributors to the volume include: Roland Robertson,
University of Pittsburgh; Yersu Kim, UNESCO; Donald W. Shriver,
Jr., New York; William Schweiker, University of Chicago; Mary
Stewart Van Leeuwen, Eastern College; David Tracy, University of
Chicago. Max L. Stackhouse teaches at Princeton Theological
Seminary and is the author of Covenant and Commitments: Faith,
Family, and Economic. Peter Paris teaches at Princeton Theological
Seminary.
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