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World Religions, Concept of
The concept of “world religions” is a 19th- and 20th-century European and American attempt to understand the global diversity of cultural patterns. Those who use the concept imagine that variations in the world's religious practices and beliefs can be apportioned into ...
- Activism, Transnational
- Air Travel
- American Revolution
- Academy Awards
- Acculturation
- Accounting Systems
- Acid Rain
- Accountability
- Abortion
- Global Historical Antecedents
- Animal Rights
- African Diaspora Religions
- Civil Society, Global
- Class
- Amnesty International
- Airlines
- Apartheid
- Aesthetics
- Aging Societies
- Agriculture Sector
- Alternative Energy Sources
- Arab League
- Birth Control
- Global History, Studies in
- Arbitration
- African Religions
- Demographic Change
- Community
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Civil Aviation
- Cold War
- Al Jazeera
- Assimilation
- Asian Tiger Phenomenon
- Biofuels
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Burial and Crematory Practices
- Asylum
- Baha'i
- Global Communications and Technology
- Corporate Identity
- Antiglobalization Movements and Critics
- Communicative Power
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- Americanization
- Baby Boomers
- Banking, Offshore
- Biohazards
- Borders
- Diseases
- Citizenship
- Battle of Badr
- Global Conflict and Security
- Cosmopolitan Identity
- Antislavery Movements
- Computing
- Conquests
- Architecture
- Beirut
- Banks
- Biological Diversity
- Bretton Woods Agreements/System
- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Civil Rights
- Buddhism
- Global Culture, Media
- Ethnic Identity
- Associations
- Computing, Personal
- Cooperation
- Art
- Cities
- Capitalism
- Biosphere
- Caliphate
- Food
- Constitutionalism
- Capitalism
- Global Economic Issues
- Ethnocentrism
- Charities, Charity
- Containerization
- Cyberconflict
- Artists
- Communities, Transnational
- Consumer Protest
- Climate Change
- Charismatic Leaders
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Crime, Transnational
- Christianity
- Global Environmental and Energy Issues
- Family
- Civil Society, Global
- Cybernetics
- Deterrence
- Blogs
- Contraception
- Consumerism
- Deforestation
- Civilization
- Global Health and Nutrition
- Dharma
- Christianity-Related Movements
- Global Governance and World Order
- Family Systems, Kinship
- Civility
- Failed States
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Demographic Change
- Corporations, Transnational
- Desertification
- Colonialism
- Health Care Access
- Free Speech
- Communism, as International Movement
- Global Health and Nutrition
- Gender Identity
- Connectedness, Global
- Global Communications and Technology
- French Revolution
- Cable News Network (CNN)
- Demographic Transition
- Currencies
- Earth Summit
- Democracy
- Health Care Systems
- Gay Rights
- Communist International
- Global Historical Antecedents
- Global Village
- Elites
- Handheld Devices
- Geneva Conventions
- Cartoons, Comix, Manga
- Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization
- Data Systems and Reporting, Global
- Electricity
- Dynasties
- HIV/AIDS
- Global Justice and Legal Issues
- Communitarianism
- Global History, Studies in
- Homophobia
- Foundations
- Information Age
- Genocides
- Cinema
- Diasporas
- Dependency
- Energy Efficiency
- Empires
- Hygiene
- Human Rights, International
- Confucianism
- Global Justice and Legal Issues
- Identities, Traditional
- Foundations, Asian: International Activities
- International Air Transportation Association
- Global Conflict and Security
- Creativity and Innovation
- Dubai
- Dependency Theory
- Environmental Carrying Capacity
- Empires, Modern
- Infant Mortality
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights
- Cosmopolitanism
- Global Order
- Identities in Global Society
- Foundations, European: International Activities
- Internet
- Hiroshima
- Creolization
- Family Policies
- Depression, Great
- Environmental Change
- European Union
- Malnutrition
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Crusades
- Global Religions, Beliefs, and Ideologies
- Linguistic Identities
- Foundations, U.S.: International Activities
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- Holocaust
- Cuisine
- Family Systems, Kinship
- Depression, Recession, and Stagnation
- Environmental Movement
- Failed States
- Medical Systems
- International Court of Justice
- Darwinism and Social Darwinism
- Global Reporting Initiatives
- Marginality
- Gay and Lesbian Movement
- Inventions and Discoveries
- Intelligence Agencies
- Cultural Commons
- Fertility
- Deskilling
- Environmental Rights
- Global Governance and World Order
- Public Health
- International Criminal Tribunals
- Enlightenment, The
- Global Studies
- Modern Identities
- Humanitarian Intervention
- Media, Global
- Military
- Cultural Destruction
- Hong Kong
- Distribution of Wealth, Equitability of
- Environmental Security
- Global Order
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Interpol
- Ethics, Global
- Global Studies, Current Academic Approaches to
- Multiculturalism
- Humanitarianism
- Morse Code
- Pariahs, Global
- Cultural Diversity, Convention on
- Immigration
- Dollar
- Environmental Treaties, Conventions, and Protocols
- Global South
- Tuberculosis
- Justice, Transitional
- Fascism
- Global Studies, Early Academic Approaches to
- Multiracial Identities
- Humanity, Concepts of
- Nanotechnology
- Peace
- Cultural Hybridity
- Immigration and Transnationalism
- Economic Crises
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Governance Networks, Transnational
- Viruses, Killer
- Justice Movements, Transnational
- Feminism
- Global Terminology
- National Identities
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights
- Navigation Systems
- Peace Activism
- Cultural Industries
- Intergenerational Relations
- Economic Development
- Fisheries
- Hegemonic Power
- Viruses and Diseases, Emerging
- Labor Rights
- Freemasons
- Globalization, Approaches to
- Otherness
- International Nongovernment Organizations (INGOs)
- Postal System, World
- Peacekeeping Forces
- Cultural Observatories
- Johannesburg
- Economic Ethics
- Floods, Tsunamis
- Hollow State
- World Food Program
- Law, International
- Global Religions, Beliefs, Ideologies
- Globalization, Measurement of
- Racial Identity
- International Nongovernment Organizations, Quasi-Forms
- Radio
- Private Security Firms
- Culture, Notions of
- Landless Persons
- Economics, Keynesian
- Forests
- Independence Movements
- World Health Organization
- Law, Regional
- Hare Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
- Globalization, Phenomenon of
- Racial Supremacy
- Open Society Institute
- Railroads
- Refugees
- Educational Systems
- London
- Economy, Informal
- Global Commons
- International Relations
- Law, Transnational
- Hinduism
- Globalization and Transnationality Indexes
- Regional Identities
- Opinion, World
- Road Signage Systems
- Religious Politics
- Events, Global
- Los Angeles
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Environmental and Energy Issues
- Leadership
- Law, World
- Hindu-Related Movements
- Hyperglobalism
- Religious Identities
- Philanthropy
- Roads and Routeways
- Revolutions
- Film Festivals
- Malthusian Idea
- Euro
- Global Warming
- League of Nations
- Law of Arctic Regions
- Humanism
- Identities in Global Society
- Secret Societies
- Publics and Polis, Global
- Silk Road, New
- Security
- Games
- Migrant Shopping Patterns
- European Central Bank
- Greenhouse Gases
- Legitimacy
- Law of the Sea
- Idealism
- Inequality, Global
- Tribal Identities
- Red Cross
- Space, Outer
- September 11, 2001 (9/11)
- Genius, Notion of
- Migration
- Extractive Industries Sector
- International Maritime Organization
- Methodological Nationalism
- Legal Systems
- Ideologies, Global
- Proto-Globalization
- Universalism
- Social Capital
- Telegraph, Telegram
- Soft Power Diplomacy
- Geographic Informational Systems (GIS)
- Migration, Illegal
- Finance, Financial Systems
- Kyoto Protocol
- Nation-State
- Lex Mercatoria
- Imperialism
- Shrinking World Concepts
- Values
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Global Culture, Media
- Migration Policies, Types of
- Fordism
- Land Use
- Neocolonialism
- Natural Law
- Indigenous Religions, Globalization of
- World Order, Visions of
- Xenophobia
- Social Movements
- Telephony
- Treaties
- Global Intellectuals
- Mortality
- Franchise Systems
- Natural Gas
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Nuremburg Precedent
- Individualism
- World Society Theory
- Social Networking
- Television
- War
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Mumbai
- Global Economic Issues
- Nature, Concepts of
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Penal Systems
- Islam
- World-Systems Perspective
- Solidarity Movements
- Transportation Systems
- War, Civil
- New York City
- Globalization, Managed (China)
- Nuclear Power
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Policing Systems
- Islam-Related Movements
- State–Civil Society Relations
- Universal Postal Union
- War, Urban
- Hajj
- Overpopulation
- Gold Standard
- Oceans
- Pan African Union
- Prisoners' Rights
- Jainism
- Uncivil Society
- Web 2.0
- Wars, New
- Heritage
- Paris
- Oil
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Shari'a (Islamic Law)
- Judaism
- UN–Civil Society Relations
- Wars, World
- Hollywood
- Population and Demographic Change
- Hedge Funds
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Political Parties, Transnational
- Truth Commission
- Liberalism, Neoliberalism
- Waqfs
- Weapons
- Homogenization
- Population Control Policies
- Illegal Trade, Arms
- Parks, Reserves, and Refuges
- Power, Global Contexts of
- Universal Jurisdiction
- Marxism and Neo-Marxism
- Women's Movement
- Journalism
- Population Growth and Population Explosion
- Illegal Trade, Children
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Regional Governance
- Women's Rights
- Modernization
- World Economic Forum
- Knowledge Management Systems
- Retirement Systems
- Illegal Trade, Drugs
- Polar Regions
- Regionalism
- Mormonism
- World Social Forum
- Knowledge Production Systems
- Rio de Janeiro
- Illegal Trade, Precious Metals
- Remediation
- Republics
- Myths
- Leisure
- Rurality
- Industrialization
- Sustainability
- Social Democracy
- Nationalism, Neo-Nationalism
- Lifestyles
- Shanghai
- Inequality, Global
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Sovereignty
- Neoconservatism
- Literature
- Shelter and Housing
- Inequality, Global Economic
- Waste Management
- Subsidiarity
- Populism
- McDonaldization, McWorld
- Singapore
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Water
- Summits, Summitry
- Postmodernism
- Maps and Map-Making
- 68 Generation
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Transparency
- Protestant Reformation
- Memory
- Tokyo
- Investments
- Treaty of Rome
- Religious Conversion
- Memory Wars
- Undocumented Persons
- Labor
- United Nations
- Religious Movements, New and Syncretic
- Music
- Urban Diseconomies
- Local Exchange and Trading Systems (LETS)
- Utopia, Dystopia
- Secularism
- Myths
- Urbanization
- Longue Durrée, Long Wave Theories of Development
- Vatican
- Shinto
- News
- Manufacturing Sector
- Welfare State
- Sikhism
- Nobel Prize
- Maquiladoras
- Westphalia, Treaty of, and the Post-Westphalian World
- Socialism
- Olympic Movement
- Marketing
- World Federalist Movement
- Socialist International
- Postmodernity
- Markets
- World Government
- Third Way Movements
- Prizes and Awards, International
- Marshall Plan
- World Order, Visions of
- World Religions, Concept of
- Scripts and Writing Systems
- McDonaldization, McWorld
- Zionism
- Sites, Global
- Mercantilism
- Zoroastrianism
- Soccer
- Microsoft
- Sports, Recreation
- Monetary Policy
- Standards and Standard Setting, Global
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Theater
- Outsourcing
- Think Tanks
- Peasant Economies
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Universities and Higher Learning
- Petroleum Economy
- Virtual Worlds
- Pharmaceutical Sector
- Wikipedia
- Poverty and Poverty Alleviation
- Work
- Private-Public Partnerships
- World Cultures
- Privatization
- World's Fairs
- Production and Innovation Networks, Global
- Professions
- Protectionism
- Public Goods, Global
- Remittances
- Service Sector
- Sex Trafficking
- Slavery
- Tax Havens
- Taxation
- Technology Sector
- Tobin Tax
- Tourism Sector
- Trade
- Trade Agreements
- Value/Commodity Chains, Global
- Walmart
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
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