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Prospects and ambiguities of globalization critical assessments at a time of growing turmoil / [electronic resource] : edited by James W. Skillen. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 132 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. To Look at the World Entirely Afresh; Chapter 2. Kaleidoscopic Change in World Affairs: Emerging Patterns of Sovereignty and Governance; Chapter 3. Faith and Globalization; Chapter 4. Globalization and the State: A View from Economics; Chapter 5. The New Silk Road: Central Asia at the Global Crossroads; Chapter 6. Schooling and the Not-So-Sovereign State; Chapter 7. Evangelical Christians: The New Internationalists?; Chapter 8. Contending Ways of Life; Index; About the Contributors;

Assumptions and institutions that we have taken for granted for fifty years are proving inadequate for the world now emerging. Moreover, mono-casual explanations of rapid global change do not work. Religious as well as economic dynamics, cultural as wellas political forces, environmental as well as military constraints, are frequently working at cross-purposes in shaping a globe we cannot yet fathom. The essays in this volume reach beyond the mere description of phenomena to explore deeper currents ofinstitutional breakdown and competing cultural drives that are radically reshaping our world

ISBN: 9780739137628 (electronic bk.) 073913762X (electronic bk.) 0739126695 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739126691 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739126709 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780739126707 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 9786612494758

Source: 249475 MIL

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Globalization--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church and state.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JZ1318 / .P75 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8/7