{"product_id":"religious-particularism-vs-religious-universalism-9781804411742","title":"Religious Particularism vs. Religious Universalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zoran Matevski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ethics International Press, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ethics International Press, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ecumenism \u0026amp; Interfaith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe process of globalization means that borders between societies are becoming less important, and socio-cultural developments in certain societies are increasingly influenced by events from other parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis creates two opposing social effects. On the one hand, there is a risk of clashes between different religions, which are present within a social community. On the other hand, these close contacts among different religions may diminish differences among them, and thus reduce tensions and conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the conflict between particularism and universalism. Particularism emphasizes the importance of the characteristics of particular social groups; ethnic, cultural, religious, and regional. Unlike particularism, universalism emphasizes the importance of similarities among people and systems of values in individual societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors in this collection address some of the important issues at the interface of particularism and universalism, including the role of religion as a mitigator of the influence of global processes; fundamentalism as a form of collective identity; and the idea of ecumenism and neo-ecumenism as myth or reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important collection for scholars and researchers in religion and faith, politics, and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46389462859927,"sku":"9781804411742","price":8912.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781804411742.webp?v=1768799181","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/religious-particularism-vs-religious-universalism-9781804411742","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}