xii, 401 pages ; 23 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Religious Life in the Global Village -- Religion and the Globalization of Social Life -- Religion and the Sociological Tradition -- Tools of the Trade -- Three Pillars of Analysis: Beliefs, Rituals, and Institutions -- Major Themes in the Sociology of Religion -- 2...

Contents note continued: Religion and Stratification -- Religious Taboo Lines and Ethical Systems -- Religion and Sexuality -- Religion and Politics -- The Ethos of the Global Village -- 6.Modernism and Multiculturalism -- From Local to Cosmopolitan -- The Challenge of Modernism -- Historical Outcom...