Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas.(Book Review)

Sociology of Religion | September 22, 2003| | Copyright

ANNA L. PETERSON, MANUEL A. VASQUEZ, and PHILIP J. WILLIAMS (eds). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001, xii + 259 pp. $60.00 (Cloth), $22.00 (Paper)

What does religion do for people in an age of globalization? What does it do for women in patriarchal societies, for families facing poverty and dislocation, for communities mired in violence, and for countries trying to build democratic processes? This book asks not only in what ways Christianity helps people cope with social change, but whether Christian chinches can be a source for positive social ...

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