Occupying the Ontological Penumbra: Towards a Postsecular and Theologically Minded Anthropology

In the wake of the postsecular turn, we propose to reappraise both the religious as studied in anthropology and how anthropologists who have religious or spiritual interests can contribute to an emerging postsecular anthropology. Such an anthropology recognizes the failure of secularization theory t...

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Authors: Merz, Johannes 1929- (Author) ; Merz, Sharon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2017]
In: Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-17
Further subjects:B Theology
B Ontology
B Postsecularism
B Religion
B Anthropology
B Method
B Secularism
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