Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / James A. Beckford and Thomas Luckmann
  • Globalization, politics, and religion / Roland Robertson
  • 'Diffused religion' and new values in Italy / Roberto Cipriani
  • From parish to transcendent humanism in France / Yves Lambert
  • Religion in New Zealand: change and comparison / Michael Hill and Wiebe Zwaga
  • Afro-Brazilian cults and religious change in Brazil / Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz
  • The emergence of Islamic political ideologies / Said Amir Arjomand
  • Islam as a new religious movement in Malaysia / Daniel Regan
  • The sacred in African new religions / Bennetta Jules-Rosette
  • The changing face of Khasi religion / Soumen Sen.