Globalization and Orthodox Christianity: The Transformations of a Religious Tradition - Brossura

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Roudometof, Victor

 
9781138307520: Globalization and Orthodox Christianity: The Transformations of a Religious Tradition
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ISBN 10: 1138307521 ISBN 13: 9781138307520
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2017

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With approximately 200 to 300 million adherents worldwide, Orthodox Christianity is among the largest branches of Christianity, yet it remains relatively understudied. This book examines the rich and complex entanglements between Orthodox Christianity and globalization, offering a substantive contribution to the relationship between religion and globalization, as well as the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and the sociology of religion – and more broadly, the interdisciplinary field of Religious Studies.

While deeply engaged with history, this book does not simply narrate the history of Orthodox Christianity as a world religion, nor does it address theological issues or cover all the individual trajectories of each subgroup or subdivision of the faith. Orthodox Christianity is the object of the analysis, but author Victor Roudometof speaks to a broader audience interested in culture, religion, and globalization. Roudometof argues in favor of using globalization instead of modernization as the main theoretical vehicle for analyzing religion, displacing secularization in order to argue for multiple hybridizations of religion as a suitable strategy for analyzing religious phenomena. It offers Orthodox Christianity as a test case that illustrates the presence of historically specific but theoretically distinct glocalizations, applicable to all faiths.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Victor Roudometof is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1138307521
ISBN 13 
9781138307520
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
246
Contatto del produttore
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780415843737: Globalization and Orthodox Christianity: The Transformations of a Religious Tradition

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0415843731 ISBN 13:  9780415843737
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2013
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