TY  - BOOK
N2  - On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century--or even tried to stamp it out--are now run by avowedly religious leaders. This book examines this new world, from exorcisms in São Paulo to religious skirmishing in Nigeria, to televangelism in California and house churches in China. Since the Enlightenment, intellectuals have assumed that modernization would kill religion--and that religious America is an oddity. As these authors argue, religion and modernity can thrive together, and America is becoming the norm. The failure of communism and the rise of globalism helped spark the global revival, but, above all, 21st century religion is being fueled by a very American emphasis on competition and a customer-driven approach to salvation, and its destabilizing effects can already be seen far from Iraq or the World Trade Center.--From publisher description.
AB  - On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century--or even tried to stamp it out--are now run by avowedly religious leaders. This book examines this new world, from exorcisms in São Paulo to religious skirmishing in Nigeria, to televangelism in California and house churches in China. Since the Enlightenment, intellectuals have assumed that modernization would kill religion--and that religious America is an oddity. As these authors argue, religion and modernity can thrive together, and America is becoming the norm. The failure of communism and the rise of globalism helped spark the global revival, but, above all, 21st century religion is being fueled by a very American emphasis on competition and a customer-driven approach to salvation, and its destabilizing effects can already be seen far from Iraq or the World Trade Center.--From publisher description.
T1  - God is back :how the global revival of faith is changing the world /
DA  - 2009.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Micklethwait, John.
AU  - Wooldridge, Adrian.
CN  - BL60
CN  - BL60
PB  - Penguin Press,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2009.
ID  - 333858
KW  - Religion and sociology.
KW  - Religion and sociology
SN  - 9781594202131
SN  - 1594202133
TI  - God is back :how the global revival of faith is changing the world /
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008050021-d.html
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2008050021-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008050021-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2008050021-b.html
ER  -