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Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics (Paperback)
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Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics (Paperback)
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Work on culture and globalization tends to focus on dynamics of
reaction or resistance. Religion generally figures as a defensive
response to economic and cultural globalization, a way to assert
local identities against the international. The book will highlight
another dimension of religion and globalization - the
reconstitution of religious communities as transnational actors.
Over the past two decades, global migration patterns and modern
communications technologies have spawned more active transnational
religious communities, creating a powerful force in world politics.
In the case of Islam, for example, Satellite TV, the Internet, and
the post 9/11 international context have reinforced the idea of the
umma, a transnational Muslim community. All three Abrahamic faiths
have always had global identities anchored in faith in one God and
universal truth claims. But globalization is driving them - and
other leading traditions, including Hinduism and Buddhism - to
rethink their world-roles in new ways. Yet the international
dimensions of religious pluralism have been virtually ignored by
scholars. This new religious pluralism is marked by both
interreligious cooperation and conflict. Global religious
identities have encouraged interreligious dialogue and greater
religious engagement around questions including international
development, conflict resolution, transitional justice, and
bioethics. At the same time, more intense interreligious
competition has contributed to controversy over the meaning and
scope of religious freedom - an international norm increasingly
prominent in US foreign policy. The book will explore both these
dimensions of the new religious pluralism in world politics from a
variety of disciplinary perspectives. Among the many distinguished
contributors to the volume are Kwame Anthony Appiah, R. Scott
Appleby, Robert Drinan, Jean Bethke Elshtain, John Voll, and John
Witte. This volume should appeal to scholars and policymakers, as
well as being useful for courses in religion and politics and
international relations.
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