Preliminary Material -- “Trading Religions”: Foundational and Introductory Matters /Peter Wick and Volker Rabens -- With the Grain Came the Gods from the Orient to Rome: The Example of Serapis and Some Systematic Reflections /Christoph Auffarth -- Localizing the Buddha's Presenc…
Religions and Trade carves new pathways into the world of religious dynamics. In this array of essays a number of international scholars investigate the ways in which eastern and western religions were formed and transformed from the perspective of "trade."
In Religions and Trade a number of international scholars investigate the ways in which eastern and western religions were formed and transformed from the perspective of "trade." Trade changes religions. Religions expand through the help of trade infrastructures, and religions e…
Religions and Trade carves new pathways into the world of religious dynamics. In this array of essays a number of international scholars investigate the ways in which eastern and western religions were formed and transformed from the perspective of "trade."
"What does global biblical studies look like in the early decades of the twenty-first century, and what new directions may be discerned? Profound shifts have taken place over the last few decades as voices from the majority of the globe have begun and continue to reshape and rel…
Globopomo : the planetary postmodern moment -- De-signs of the time -- Utter holiness or wholly otherness : finding fidelity among the infidels -- A closer look through the 10/40 window -- Radical relationality : the church in the postmodern cosmopolis -- "And then the end will …
A leading postmodern thinker discusses the church's need to reconsider the Great Commission in light of globalization and the spread of technology with specific strategies for meeting current challenges.
Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book explores religion as both shaped by consumer culture and as shaping consumer culture. Following an introduction which critically analyses studies on consumer culture and integrates schol…
