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God and Globalization: Volume 1 - Religion and the Powers of the Common Life (Paperback)
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God and Globalization: Volume 1 - Religion and the Powers of the Common Life (Paperback)
Series: Theology for the 21st Century
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The promise and the threat of globalization are examined, using the
tools of theological ethics to understand and evaluate the social
contexts of life at the deepest moral and spiritual levels. 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'.
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