World Religion(s)
Laura Merzig Fabrycky Thursday, 1 March 2007
Mark Juergensmeyer, ed., Religion in Global Civil Society (New York: Oxford, 2005). 240pp. $15.95.
As every student of international politics knows by now, globalization is a trend fraught with both promise and peril. Some of this ambivalence stems from the possibility for increased exploitation that has accompanied economic inter-connectedness. And some comes from the use of technology for both good and nefarious purposes—from activists coordinating a transnational movement to defend human rights to transnational terrorists organizing an attack. Civil society actors, whether those in the WTO boardroom or those banging drums on the street outside, implicitly confront questions of religious interest raised by globalization. These questions are rarely explored in detail, which makes Religion in Global Civil Society a welcome and overdue addition to the globalization literature.
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