Essays about: "Globalization and religion"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words Globalization and religion.
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6. Developing differences
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för MellanösternstudierAbstract : This study is based on a ten weeks fieldwork in Tunis during the fall of 2013, where I interviewed seven organizations working on social development in marginalized areas. The thesis examines conditions for social development in Tunisia nearly three years after the uprising in 2011, and specifically how different actors perceive themselves and others. READ MORE
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7. Enhet av olika slag: En komparativ studie av Amma och Bhagavans Oneness rörelse i Indien och Sverige
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : The process of globalization is today an increasingly integrated component within the academic field of religious studies. As more and more religious movements work as transnational agents, and have the ability to spread to new cultures very rapidly, the need to study religion from a global perspective has become more important. READ MORE
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8. The Kabir Project. Bangalore and Mumbai (India)
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The Kabir Project (K.P.) was born in Bangalore, India, in 2002, after the Gujarat pogrom, which occurred in the same year. READ MORE
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9. Neotraditionalism-Examining the Role of Traditional Revival in Vanuatu
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SVAbstract : Contrary to the predictions made by classical modernization theory that ethnic traditions and religion would die out, they have proved to be surprisingly resilient throughout the world. In contemporary times various revitalization movements have been on the rise and from Africa to Asia scholars have been debating what seems to be a growing attention to tradition and culture. READ MORE
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10. Does religious similarity influence the direction of trade? : Evidence from US bilateral trade with other 168 countries
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaperAbstract : Despite interest in the influence of religion on economic activity by early economists like Adam Smith, modern economists have done little research on the subject. In light of the apparent religious fervour in many parts of the global economy, economists' seeming lack of interest in studying how religious cultures enhance or retard the globalization of economic activity is especially surprising. READ MORE
