The post-secular in question: religion in contemporary society
"This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and compelling questions raised by the place of re...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, N.Y. New York
Social Science Research Council
c2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society (2012) (West, A. Joseph)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Society
/ The Postmodern
/ Civil religion
/ Secularism
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religion and sociology B Electronic books Electronic books B TRAVEL ; Special Interest ; Religious B Postsecularism B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General B Electronic books B Religion ; History |
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| Summary: | "This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and compelling questions raised by the place of religion in the social sciences, past and present, The Post-Secular in Question restores religion to a more central place in social scientific thinking about the world, helping to move scholarship 'beyond unbelief.'"--Jacket The post-secular in question /Philip S. Gorski,David Kyuman Kim,John Torpey,Jonathan VanAntwerpen --What is religion? Categorical reconfigurations in a global horizon /Richard Madsen --Thinsg in their entanglements /Courtney Bender --Recovered goods : Durkheimian sociology as virtue ethics /Philip S. Gorski --"Simple ideas, small miracles" : the Obama phenomenon /Hent de Vries --Post-secular society : consumerism and the democratization of religion /Bryan S. Turner --Secular liturgies and the prospects for a "post-secular" sociology of religion /James K.A. Smith --Secular by default? Religion and the University before the post-secular age /Tomoko Masuzawa --Religion and knowledge in the post-secular academy /John Schmalzbauer,Kathleen Mahoney --Jürgen Habermas and the post-secular appropriation of religion : a sociological critique /Michele Dillon --Religion and secularization in the United States and Western Europe /John Torpey --Spiritual politics and post-secular authenticity : Foucault and Habermas on post-metaphysical religion /Eduardo Mendieta --Time, world, and secularism /Craig Calhoun. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0814738737 |