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Book SynopsisExamines the transnational movements, effects, and transformations of religion in the contemporary world, offering a fresh perspective on the interrelation between globalization and religion. This book challenges that globalization can be understood solely as an economic phenomenon and that its religious manifestations are secondary.
Trade Review"Strongly recommended to scholars seeking an advanced understanding of religion and globalisation." Social Anthropology "Few studies of transnationalism or globalization have treated religion in such theoretical depth... Recommended." Choice "The volume is a sub substantial contribution to scholarship on globalization." Journal Royal Anthro Inst "In a short review one cannot do justice to a collection like this. [It] cries out for a more detailed response." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Modalities of Transnational Transcendence Thomas J. Csordas 1. Missionization in the Postcolonial World: A View from Brazil and Elsewhere Otavio Velho 2. Is the Trans- in Transnational the Trans- in Transcendent? On Alterity and the Sacred in the Age of Globalization Joel Robbins 3. Global Religion and the Reenchantment of the World: The Case of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Thomas J. Csordas 4. Veiled Missionaries and Embattled Christians in Colonial Sudan Janice Boddy 5. Beyond Integration and Recognition: Diasporic Constructions of Alevi Muslim Identity between Germany and Turkey Esra Ozyurek 6. The Burning: Finitude and the Political-Theological Imagination of Illegal Migration Stefania Pandolfo 7. Trajectories, Frontiers, and Reparations in the Expansion of Santo Daime to Europe Alberto Groisman 8. The Orisha Atlantic: Historicizing the Roots of a Global Religion Peter F. Cohen 9. The Many Who Dance in Me: Afro-Atlantic Ontology and the Problem with "Transnationalism" J. Lorand Matory 10. Global Breathing: Religious Utopias in India and China Peter van der Veer 11. The Return Path: Anthropology of a Western Yogi Kathinka Froystad 12. The Global Reach of Gods and the Travels of Korean Shamans Laurel Kendall Contributors Index
