This article examines the status of religion in a global and a local (Bulgarian) context today. A parallel reading of key texts on the subject, written by sociologist Peter Berger and philosopher Charles Taylor, outlines the main characteristics of the religious situat...
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement is a paradigm case for an examination of the globalization of religion. Centred in Rome but spread throughout the world it invites reconsideration of centre-periphery and local-global dynamics in the contemporary world system. Working through a small but intri...
Contemporary Chinese literature in translationThe starting point of this article is the concern shown by Chinese writers, academics, and cultural officials in regard to the status and reception of contemporary Chinese literature. One factor often overlooked is the necessity, at this moment in history,...
Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Be...
《世界观-全球宗教文化与生态》(Worldviews-global Religions Culture And Ecology)是一本以RELIGION综合研究为特色的国际期刊。该刊由Brill出版商该刊已被国际重要权威数据库SCIE收录。期刊聚焦RELIGION领域的重点研究和前沿进展,及时刊载和报道该领域的研究成果,致力于成为该领域同行进行快速学术交流的信息窗口与平台。该...
academic papers, case studies, review articles, and field investigation reports, it has promoted academic research and practical exploration in the fields of religion, culture, and ecology, providing valuable references for solving the spiritual, cultural, and ecological problems faced by contemporary ...
The My World Global Curriculum series illuminates global challenges and inspiring stories impacting today’s youth. Through interviews with experts, celebrities, and teens around the world, this platform encourages responsible global citizenship and engagement.Student...
Globalization and Religion Emphases in the literature tend to be on a global 'religious' function; on religious pluralism; on the religious dimension of local, ethnic, national, and civilizational identities; and on the way that transnational religious movements,... P Beyer - 《International Encycl...
This article examines the politics and form of Yasmina Khadra's use of the detective genre to reveal invisible social conditions. I argue that the problem of visibility operates on multiple levels in Khadra's crime fiction: firstly, at the level of genre, where the investigative impulse of the...
Rather than be turned off by Mr. Trump’sflagrant, anger-based appealsalong lines of race, gender, religion, national origin and especially transgender identity, many Americans found them bracing. Rather than be offended by hisbrazen lies and wild conspiracy theories, many found him authentic. ...