Rethinking Secularization

Author : Gary Gabor
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443811734
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Secularization written by Gary Gabor and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Secularization: Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age provides a philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of the recent re-emergence of religion in the public sphere. It explores the adequacy of classical theories of secularization, and, rooted in historical and conceptual analysis, what might be offered in their place today. Responding to the once dominant theories of a global, world-historical emancipation from an inherited religious past to a modern secular age, the volume also considers the extent to which philosophy itself has inspired and nourished such prophecies. As a result, a more sophisticated view of secularization emerges, both more interesting and complex than the simple linear process it is often thought to be. From the conceptual origins of secularity in the writings of Saints Augustine and Thomas Aquinas to the contemporary secularization theories of Hans Blumenberg, Marcel Gauchet, and Charles Taylor, Rethinking Secularization considers philosophy’s own relationship to the concept of secularization. It reflects the trend in contemporary philosophy to rethink the relation between religion and modernity, and includes systematic contributions to the debate. The book would appeal to a wide range of readers in philosophy, sociology, religious studies, and intellectual history.

Author : Craig Calhoun
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796742
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Secularism written by Craig Calhoun and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world affairs. This so called ''resurgence'' of religion in the public sphere has elicited a wide array of responses, including vehement opposition to the very idea that religious reasons should ever have a right to expression in public political debate. The current global landscape forces scholars to reconsider not only once predominant understandings of secularization, but also the definition and implications of secular assumptions and secularist positions. The notion that there is no singular secularism, but rather a range of multiple secularisms, is one of many emerging efforts to reconceptualize the meanings of religion and the secular. Rethinking Secularism surveys these efforts and helps to reframe discussions of religion in the social sciences by drawing attention to the central issue of how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood. It provides valuable insight into how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.

Author : Craig Calhoun
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796688
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Secularism written by Craig Calhoun and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.

Author : E. Wilson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230355315
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Secularism written by E. Wilson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having destabilized dominant assumptions about the nature of religion, there is now a need to develop new ways of thinking about this ever-present phenomenon in global politics. This book outlines a new approach to understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the West and globally for International Relations.

Author : Gerard Dekker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Secularization written by Gerard Dekker and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: Series number is not an integer: III Rethinking Secularization challenges the theme that modernity has led to secularization. Drawing on 16 case studies of the Reformed community around the globe, this volume shows that religious vitality at the personal level is often evident in the face of secularization on the national or denominational level.

Author : Kevin Seidel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1108856861
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the Secular Origins of the Novel written by Kevin Seidel and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging concepts of religion and secularism, this book shows the English novel rising with the English Bible, not after it.

Author : Steve Bruce
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191612170
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secularization written by Steve Bruce and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available statistical and qualitative evidence Bruce considers the implications for the

Author : Peter Beyer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004154078
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Globalization and Culture written by Peter Beyer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of religion and globalization is complex, susceptible to a great variety of approaches. This book combines contributions from many authors who examine a wide range of subjects ranging from overall theoretical considerations to detailed regional perspectives. No single understanding of either religion or globalization is privileged.

Author : J. Berlinerblau
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137380373
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secularism on the Edge written by J. Berlinerblau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.

Author : Talal Asad
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804783098
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Formations of the Secular written by Talal Asad and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A dark but brilliantly original work . . . one of the most important books on religion and the modern in recent years.” —H-Net Reviews Opening with the provocative query “what might an anthropology of the secular look like?” this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East. Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the “strangeness of the non-European world” and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion),the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined. The conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity. “A difficult if stunningly eloquent book, a response both elusive and forthright to the many shelves of ‘books on terrorism’ which this country’s trade publishers are rushing into print.” —Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature “This wonderfully illuminating book should be read alongside the author’s Genealogies of Religion.” —Religion “One of the most interesting scholars of religious writing today.” —Christian Scholar’s Review “Asad’s brilliant study remains a defining piece of intellectual and scholarly contribution for all of those interested in exploring the religious and the secular in the modern era.” —The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences