World Religions and Multiculturalism

Eliezer Ben-Rafael, PhD (1974) in Sociology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Tel Aviv University. He is past President of the International Institute of Sociology. His recent works include Jewish Identities (2001) and Is Israel One? (2005). His edited works include Identity, Culture and Globalization (2001); Sociology and Ideology (2003); Comparing Modernities (2005) and Transnationalism (2009).Yitzhak Sternberg, PhD (2004) in Sociology, Tel Aviv University, teaches Sociology at the Open University and at Beit Berl College, Israel. His edited works include Identity, Culture and Globalization (2001); Comparing Modernities (2005); New Elites in Israel (2007, in Hebrew); and Transnationalism (2009).

• PrefaceList of ContributorsTables and FigureIntroduction: A Dialectic Relation, Eliezer Ben-Rafael PART ONE: NEW PERSPECTIVES1. The New Religious Constellations in the Frameworks of Contemporary Globalization and Civilizational Transformation, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt2. Chapter TwoReligious America, Secular Europe: Framing the Debate, Grace Davie3. Globalization, Nationalism and Religion: A Multiple Modernities Perspective on Imperial and Peripheral Nations in Post-Communist Europe, Willfried SpohnPART TWO: CHRISTIAN FAITHS4. Dynamics of Ultramodern Religiosity and New Forms of Religious Spatiality, Danièle Hervieu-Léger5. Pentecostalism: A Christian Revival Sweeping the Developing World, David Martin6. Trans-national Pentecostalism and Secular Modernity, Bernice MartinPART THREE: ISLAM7. Transnational Islam in a Post-Westphalian World: Connectedness vs. Sovereignty?, Armando Salvatore8. Autoritarian Persistence and Barriers to Democracy in the Muslim Middle East: Beyond Cultural Essentialism, Mehdi P. Amineh9. From Medina to the Ummah: Muslim Globalization in Historical and Contemporary Perspective, Peter MandavillePART FOUR: ASIAN RELGIONS10. Establishment of Buddhist Sacred Space in Contemporary India: The Ambedkarite Buddhism, Dalit Civil Religion and the Struggle Against Social Exclusion, Knut A. Jacobsenv11. Hindu Traditions in Diaspora: Shifting Spaces and Places, Martin Baumann12. Religions in India and China Today, Peter van der Veer PART FIVE: JUDAISM13. One People? Contemporary Jewish Identities, Eliezer Ben-Rafael14. Judaism and Global Religious Trends: Some Contemporary Developments, Shlomo Fischer PART SIX: THE COMPARATIVE DIMENSION15. Religion, Territory and Multiculturalism, Yitzhak SternbergBibliographyIndex