Foreword (Susumu Shimazono) -- Religion in the Twenty-First Century: A Short Introduction (Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka) -- PART ONE The Religious Dimension of War and Peace -- Religious Dimensions of War and Peace: Introduction (Rosalind I. J. Hackett) -- Religious War, Terrorism, and Peace (Mark Juergensmeyer) -- Religious War, Terrorism, and Peace: A Response to Mark Juergensmeyer (Gerrie ter Haar) -- Religious Violence amid Love, Compassion, and Hate: A Response to Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer (Manabu Watana be) -- PART TWO Technology, Life and Death -- Technology, Life and Death: Introduction (Eiko Hanaoka(-Kawamura)) -- Neuropolitics and the Body (Ebrahim Moosa) -- 'Naturally' Confounded and Confused: Bioethics, Technology, and Religion (William R. LaFleur) -- Technology, Life and Death from a Feminist Perspective (Haruko K. Okano) -- PART THREE Global Religions and Local Cultures -- Global Religions and Local Cultures: Introduction (P. Pratap Kumar) -- Explaining the Global Religious Revival: The Egyptian Case (Talal Asad) -- Explaining the Global Religious Revival: A Response (1) (Vasudha Narayanan) -- Explaining the Global Religious Revival: A Response (2) (Pablo Wright) -- PART FOUR Boundaries and Segregations -- Boundaries and Segregations: Introduction (Noriko Kawahashi) -- Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Sexual Tolerance in Thai Buddhism (Suwanna Satha-Anand) -- Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Buddhist Sexual Tolerance: A Response (1) (Ursula King) -- Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Buddhist Sexual Tolerance: A Response (2) (Masakazu Tanaka) -- PART FIVE Method and Theory in the Study of Religion -- Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Introduction (Armin W. Geertz) -- Theory without Method: Situating a Discourse Analysis on Religion (Tomoko Masuzawa).

Religion-Before Religion and Religion-After Religion (Chin Hong Chung) -- Theory and Method in the Study of Religions: A Response (Sylvia Marcos) -- PART SIX The Study of Religion in Japan -- Religious Studies in Post-War Japan (Noriyoshi Tamaru) -- One Hundred Years of Buddhist Scholarship in Japan (Kiyotaka Kimura) -- The Study of Christianity within the Field of Religious Studies in Japan (Hiroshi Tsuchiya) -- Islamic Studies in Japan (Kojiro Nakamura) -- Studies of Religion in Japan and the Philosophy of Religion (Shoto Hase) -- Note on contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.

Religion is a driving force of the twenty-first century. Here is a book that discusses every aspect of this fascinating subject, proposing an agenda for future study. The authors are leading scholars from all over the world.

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