The Twenty-First Century Confronts Its Gods: Globalization, Technology, and War

THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CONFRONTS ITS GODS......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
PART ONE: New Gods for Old?......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1. The Origins of Modernity and the Technological Society DAVID J. HAWKIN......Page 36
2. Religion, Risk, and the Technological Society CONRAD G. BRUNK......Page 54
3. Nature and Community in the Global Market ROSEMARY E. OMMER......Page 68
4. Media Technology and the Future of Religions JAY NEWMAN......Page 88
5. The West Against the Rest? A Buddhist Response to The Clash of Civilizations DAVID R. LOY......Page 104
PART TWO: Gods of War?......Page 118
6. Terrorism: Some Theological Reflections TIMOTHY GORRINGE......Page 120
7. Islam and the Politics of Violence: Defining the Muslim Community ANDREW RIPPIN......Page 138
8. Disarming Phineas: Rabbinic Confrontations with Biblical Militancy ELIEZER SEGAL......Page 150
9. Hindutva and the Rhetoric of Violence: Interpreting the Past, Designing the Future RONALD NEUFELDT......Page 166
10. Buddhism and Violence in Modernity ROBERT E. FLORIDA......Page 182
Conclusion: The Ascension of Mars and the Salvation of the Modern World MICHAEL L. HADLEY......Page 198
Contributors......Page 218
B......Page 222
C......Page 223
G......Page 224
I......Page 225
L......Page 226
N......Page 227
R......Page 228
T......Page 229
W......Page 230
Z......Page 231