The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

CONTRIBUTORS; 1. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT RELIGION; PART I: INDIC CULTURAL REGION; 2. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT HINDUISM; 3. TRADITIONAL BRAHMANICAL SOCIETY; 4. POPULAR HINDU MOVEMENTS; 5. THE SIKH COMMUNITY; 6. THE JAIN COMMUNITY; 7. HINDU COMMUNITIES ABROAD; PART II: BUDDHIST/CONFUCIAN CULTURAL REGION; 8. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT BUDDHISM; 9. THERAVADA BUDDHIST SOCIETIES; 10. TIBETAN BUDDHIST SOCIETY; 11. VIETNAMESE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY; 12. TRADITIONAL CHINESE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY; 13. POPULAR RELIGION IN MAINLAND CHINA; 14. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY; 15. JAPANESE NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; 16. KOREAN RELIGIOUS SOCIETY; 17. BUDDHIST COMMUNITIES ABROAD; PART III: JEWISH CULTURAL REGION; 18. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT JUDAISM; 19. JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL; 20. JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST; 21. JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE; 22. JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS; 23. JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN ASIA; PART IV: CHRISTIAN CULTURAL REGION; 24. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT CHRISTIANITY; 25. WESTERN EUROPEAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES; 26. EASTERN EUROPEAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES; 27. EUROPEAN PROTESTANT SOCIETIES; 28. ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES; 29. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN RUSSIA; 30. THE COPTIC COMMUNITY; 31. LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES; 32. NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES; 33. EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA; PART V: ISLAMIC CULTURAL REGION; 39. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT ISLAM; 40. ARAB ISLAMIC SOCIETIES; 41. NORTH AFRICAN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES; 42. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN ISLAM; 43. EUROPEAN ISLAM; 44. SHI'A ISLAMIC SOCIETIES; 45. ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA; 46. ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH ASIA; 47. ISLAMIC SOCIETIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; 48. CHINESE ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES; 49. AMERICAN ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES; 50. RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS WITH ISLAMIC ORIGINS; PART VI: AFRICAN CULTURAL REGION; 51. THINKING GLOBALLY ABOUT AFRICAN RELIGION; 52. TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES; 53. AFRO-CARIBBEAN RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES; PART VII: LOCAL

Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara

"Juergensmeyer and his fellow essayists have produced a volume who purpose is to examine religious communities within a framework of global diversity. Contributors treat these areas with essays that concisely analyze the religions historically and socially: provide information about the organization, size, leaders, and political concerns of the various communities; show how religions provide cultural identity for adherents; and discuss attitudes towards modernity. This sourcebook will quickly become a standard reference work for students and general readers alike." --Choice