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The Pursuit of Certainty: Religious and Cultural Formulations (The Uses of Knowledge)

By Wendy James

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0415107903, 9780415107907
LCC
BD450 .P847 1995
Open Library ID
OL1118889M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4995266 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
328\330
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Although the world population faces movement, mixing and displacement on a larger scale than ever before, the result has not been a collapse of boundaries but an increase in the rise of new forms of ethnic, cultural and religious identity. Those based in the highly developed countries can extend global influence through wealth and sophisticated technology.The Pursuit of Certainty presents original case studies which explore the effect anthropology's inherited tradition of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding has on the new pursuits of truth. Several chapters focus on the rise of new certainties while others examine notions of diversity providing a critical perspective on the new religious movements and current popular orthodoxies relating to society and culture.

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