The twenty-first century confronts its gods : globalization, technology, and war / edited by David J. Hawkin.

Contributor(s): Hawkin, David JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004Description: viii, 222 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0791461823 (pbk.); 9780791461822 (pbk.); 0791461815; 9780791461815Other title: 21st century confronts its godsSubject(s): Globalization -- Religious aspects | Technology -- Religious aspects | War -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 201/.7 LOC classification: BL65.G55 | T86 2004
Contents:
Pt. 1. New gods for old? The origins of modernity and the technological society / David J. Hawkin -- Religion, risk, and the technological society / Conrad G. Brunk -- Nature and community in the global market / Rosemary E. Ommer -- Media technology and the future of religions / Jay Newman -- The West against the rest? A Buddhist response to The clash of civilizations / David R. Loy. Pt. 2. Gods of war? Terrorism: some theological reflections / Timothy Gorringe -- Islam and the politics of violence: defining the Muslim community / Andrew Rippin -- Disarming Phineas: rabbinic confrontations with biblical militancy / Eliezer Segal -- Hindutva and the rhetoric of violence: interpreting the past, designing the future / Ronald Neufeldt -- Buddhism and violence in modernity / Robert E. Florida -- The ascension of Mars and the salvation of the modern world / Michael L. Hadley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. New gods for old? The origins of modernity and the technological society / David J. Hawkin -- Religion, risk, and the technological society / Conrad G. Brunk -- Nature and community in the global market / Rosemary E. Ommer -- Media technology and the future of religions / Jay Newman -- The West against the rest? A Buddhist response to The clash of civilizations / David R. Loy. Pt. 2. Gods of war? Terrorism: some theological reflections / Timothy Gorringe -- Islam and the politics of violence: defining the Muslim community / Andrew Rippin -- Disarming Phineas: rabbinic confrontations with biblical militancy / Eliezer Segal -- Hindutva and the rhetoric of violence: interpreting the past, designing the future / Ronald Neufeldt -- Buddhism and violence in modernity / Robert E. Florida -- The ascension of Mars and the salvation of the modern world / Michael L. Hadley.

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