New Religions and Globalization: Empirical, Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives - Taschenbuch

This volume draws together a selection of papers given at a conference held in Aarhus in 2002 under the auspices of the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER). They address questions that are vital for everyone in the modern world; whether approached as a reflection of world economy and power dynamics, new possibilities of communication and cultural exchange in the light of mass media and technology, increased cultural plurality in the wake of migration, or as a combination of any of these, globalization challenges the academic study of religion to renewed theoretical and methodological reflection.