The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society
The idea of the “postsecular” is intended to suggest the need for a re-examination of what it means to claim that we live in a “secular” world/age/society. The concept also suggests that if we ever did live in a “secular age,” we have now left that era behind, and must think carefully about the soci...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2012
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 352-354 |
| Review of: | The post-secular in question (Brooklyn, N.Y. : Social Science Research Council, 2012) (West, A. Joseph)
The post-secular in question (New York, NY [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press [u.a.], 2012) (West, A. Joseph) |
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| Summary: | The idea of the “postsecular” is intended to suggest the need for a re-examination of what it means to claim that we live in a “secular” world/age/society. The concept also suggests that if we ever did live in a “secular age,” we have now left that era behind, and must think carefully about the social consequences. The purpose of this volume is to explore the place of religion within the social sciences, and to provide a critical evaluation of the concept of the “postsecular. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srs050 |