Secularization and the world religions /:

The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The im...

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Corporate Author: Forum für Verantwortung
Other Authors: Joas, Hans, 1948-, Wiegandt, Klaus, Skinner, Alex
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history has to be introduced into the public conscience today. This can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics and counter rash syntheses such as the "clash of civilizations". This volume is concerned with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization. The first part deals with major religious traditions and their explicit or implicit ideas about the individual, social and political order. The second part gives an overview of the religious s...
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1802079351
9781802079357

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