Globalizing the Rainbow Madonna: old time religion in the present age
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Media coverage of an apparition of Mary, mother of Jesus, seen in Clearwater, FL, in 1996, demonstrates the need for a flexible framework that accepts the complex social effects of religion. Secularization, the most common contemporary approach to religion and social change, is no longer sufficient.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
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Rethinking the global and the national: reflections on national imaginations in Taiwan
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Globalization has significantly affected flows of culture, people, international institutions, and economics in Taiwan. National identity has had to be recast in global terms, although there is increased desire for nationhood in areas where this process is incomplete.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
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