The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

includes index and biblioraphy

i. Thinking Globally about Religion, 3 Mark Juergensmeyer PART I. INDIC CULTURAL REGION 2. Thinking Globally about Hinduism, 15 T. N. Madan 3. Traditional Brahmanical Society, 25 Joseph W. Elder 4. Popular Hindu Movements, 33 David N. Lorenzen 5. The Sikh Community, 41 Gurinder Singh Mann 6. The Jain Community, 51 Lawrence A. Babb 7. Hindu Communities Abroad, 57 Vasudha Narayanan PART II: BUDDHIST/CONFUCIAN CULTURAL REGION 8. Thinking Globally about Buddhism, 69 Gananath Obeyesekere 9. Theravada Buddhist Societies, 83 Donald K. Swearer 10. Tibetan Buddhist Society, 91 Jose Ignacio Cabezon 11. Vietnamese Religious Society, 109 Jayne S. Werner 12. Traditional Chinese Religious Society, 115 Vivian-Lee Nyitray 13. Popular Religion in Mainland China, 125 Christian Jochim 14. Traditional Japanese Religious Society, 133 Susumu Shimazono 15. Japanese New Religious Movements, 141 lan Reader 16. Korean Religious Society, 155 Lewis Lancaster 17. Buddhist Communities Abroad, 161 Thomas A. Tweed PART Hi: JEWISH CULTURAL REGION 18. Thinking Globally about Judaism, 175 Harvey E. Goldberg 19. Jewish Communities in Israel, 187 Roger Friedland Richard D. Hecht 20. Jewish Communities in North Africa and the Middle East, 201 Reuben Ahroni 21. Jewish Communities in Europe, 215 Sergio DellaPergola 22. Jewish Communities in the Americas, 223 J. Shawn Landres 23. Jewish Communities in Asia, 231 Nathan Katz PART IV: CHRISTIAN CULTURAL REGION 24. Thinking Globally about Christianity, 245 Harvey Cox 25. Western European Catholic Societies, 255 Karel Dobbelaere 26. Eastern European Catholic Societies, 265 Sabrina P. Ramet 27. European Protestant Societies, 277 Fritz Erich Anhelm 28. Orthodox Christian Societies, 287 Philip Walters 29. Religious Communities in Russia, 299 Alexey D. Krindatch 30. The Coptic Community, 315 Juan E. Campo John Iskander 31. Latin American Catholic Societies, 325 Paul E. Sigmund 32. North American Religious Communities, 333 Wade Clark Roof 33. Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America, 341 Randall Balmer 34. African Christian Communities, 349 David Chidester 35. Christian Communities in South Asia, 357 Ainslie T. Embree 36. Christian Communities in China, 373 Richard Madsen 37. Christian Communities in Southeast Asia, 379 Tara Villalba Munson 38. Mormon Communities around the World, 389 Jan Shipps PART V: ISLAMIC CULTURAL REGION 39. Thinking Globally about Islam, 401 Said Amir Arjomand 40. Arab Islamic Societies, 411 Saad Ibrahim Richard C. Martin 41. North African Islamic Societies, 419 Ebrahim Moosa 42. Sub-Saharan African Islam, 427 Abdulkader Tayob 43. European Islam, 437 Amila Buturovic 44. Shi`a Islamic Societies, 447 Mansoor Moaddel 45. Islamic Communities in Central Asia, 457 Richard C. Foltz 46. Islamic Communities in South Asia, 465 Scoff Kugle 47. Islamic Societies in Southeast Asia, 491 Mark Woodward 48. Chinese Islamic Communities 499 Dru C. Gladney 49. American Islamic Communities, 507 Jane I. Smith 50. Religious Movements with Islamic Origins, 515 Ali S. Asani PART VI: AFRICAN CULTURAL REGION 51. Thinking Globally about African Religion, 527 Jacob K. Olupona 52. Traditional African Religious Society, 537 Kofi Asare Opoku 53. Afro-Caribbean Religious Societies, 545 Karen McCarthy Brown PART VII: LOCAL RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES 54. Thinking Globally about Local Religious Societies, 557 Juha Pentikdinen 55. Native American Religious Societies, 563 Nimachia Hernandez 56. Australian Aboriginal Societies, 575 John Hilary Martin 57. Pacific Islands Religious Communities, 587 Joel Robbins PART VIII: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL RELIGION 58. Religion in Global Perspective, 597 Martin Riesebrodt 59. Anti-Global Religion?, 611 Roland Robertson 60. The Global Future of Religion, 625 Ninian Smart