The Persistence and Problem of Religion: Modernity, Continuity and Diversity

Some fifty years ago scholars claimed the end of religion was nigh. Modernity and postmodernity presumed the eclipse of religion. However, religion persists, in diverse forms and expressions, yet not without some considerable problems. Why is religion so persistent? And what of contemporary problema...

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Main Author: Pratt, Douglas 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2012
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 273-292
Further subjects:B Exclusivism
B Persistence
B Extremism
B Diversity
B Religion
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