Readings

An immeasurable amount of work has been published on the topic of "State of Faiths" in the World Today. Please see a reading list we have collected to point out a few we think are important.

Berger, Peter L. “Religions and Globalisation.” European Judaism 36, no. 1 (2003): 4-10.

Berger, Peter L. “The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview.” In The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, edited by Peter L. Berger, 1-18. Washington, D.C.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1999.

Berger, Peter. “Religion in a Globalizing World.” Interview by Michael Cromartie. Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life website. (4 December 2006).

Beyer, Peter. “The New Christian Right in the United States.” Ch. 5 in Religion and Globalization, 114-33. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994.

Eck, Diana L. “Introduction to a New America.” Ch. 1 in A New Religious America: How A “Christian Country” Has Now Become the World’s Most Religiously Diverse Nation, 1-25. New York, NY: Harper San Francisco, 2001.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. “Commentaries on the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.” Part Two in Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism, 17-59. Edited by Fred Eppsteiner. 3rd ed. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1998.

Jenkins, Philip. “The Rise of the New Christianity.” Ch. 5 in The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, revised and expanded ed., 93-124. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Jenkins, Philip. “Your Religion Tomorrow” and “Europe’s Religions Tomorrow.” Chs. 1 & 12 in God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s Religious Crisis, 1-25 & 283-9. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Juergensmeyer, Mark. “Thinking Globally About Religion.” In Global Religions: An Introduction, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, 3-13. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Martin, David. “Pentecostalism: A Major Narrative of Modernity.” Ch. 10 in On Secularization: Towards a Revised General Theory, 141-56. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005.

Martin, David. “Trying Conclusions: A Global Option?” Ch. 8 in Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish, 167-76. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.

Mogahed, Dalia. “Gallup Poll of the Muslim World.” Gallup Center for Muslim Studies website. 2008.

O’Brien, Joanne and Martin Palmer. “Beginnings” and “Beliefs.” Parts 1 & 2 in The Atlas of Religion, 14-19 & 22-43. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

Queen, Christopher S. “The Shapes and Sources of Engaged Buddhism.” Selections from the Introduction to Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia, edited by Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King, 1-13 & 28-33. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.

Ramadan, Tariq. “In Practice…” Introduction to Western Muslims and the Future of Islam, 3-7. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Wuthnow, Robert. “Embracing Diversity: Shopping in the Spiritual Marketplace” and “How Pluralistic Should We Be?” Chs. 4 & 10 in America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity, 106-29 & 286-314. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005.