The twenty-first century confronts its gods : globalization, technology, and war /
21st century confronts its gods
edited by David J. Hawkin.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.
- viii, 222 p. ; 23 cm.
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.