Product Description: Question, explore, and analyze diverse religious contexts and compare the beliefs, rituals, texts, art, and individual and social aspects of religion with UNDERSTANDING RELIGION IN GLOBAL SOCIETY. Major religious traditions are analyzed in light of the opportunities and challenges posed by the forces of globalization...read more

Product Description: Throughout history, the vision of a new city - the heavenly Jerusalem coming down from heaven - has inspired human beings to dream about community, society, and the world. Acting as an incentive to turn unsatisfied longing into utopian ideas and, ultimately, action, the language of the Apocalypse of John has long inspired human imagination in a highly effective manner...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)