Theism And Atheism In A Post Secular Age
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Author | : Morteza Hashemi |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3319549480 |
This book examines the post-secular idea of ‘religion for non-believers’. The new form of unbelief which is dubbed as ‘tourist atheism’ is not based on absolute rejection of religion as a ‘dangerous illusion’ or ‘mere prejudice’. Tourist atheists instead consider religion as a cultural heritage and a way of seeking perfection. What are the origins of these new forms of atheism? What are the implications of the emergence of a type of atheism which is more open toward religious teachings, rituals, arts, and world views? Hashemi argues that public intellectuals must consider that it is a sign of a post-secular age in which believers and non-believers go beyond mere tolerance and engage in a creative process of co-practice and co-working.
Author | : Michael Rectenwald |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2015-10-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1614519315 |
Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. Drawing from multiple fields, it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate "on-the-ground," extant secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. Its point of departure is the fact that secularism is plural and that various secularisms have developed in various contexts and from various traditions around the world. Secularism takes on different social meanings and political valences wherever it is expressed. The essays collected here provide numerous points of contact between empirical case studies and theoretical reflection. This multiplicity informs and challenges the conceptual theorization of secularism as a universal doctrine. Analyses of different regions enrich our understanding of the meanings of secularism, providing comparative range to our notions of secularity. Theoretical treatments help to inform our understanding of secularism in context, enabling readers to discern what is at stake in the various regional expressions of secularity globally. While the bulk of the essays are case-based research, the current thinking of leading theorists and scholars is also included.
Author | : Charles Taylor |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 889 |
Release | : 2018-09-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0674986911 |
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Author | : Michael Staudigl |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2018-10-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1351007149 |
Are we living in a ‘post-secular age’, and can phenomenology help us better understand the discontents of secularism? From Habermas’ claim that the secular hypothesis has failed for democratic reasons to the fact that religion, far from its predicted dwindling, is as strong as ever (or even stronger than before), some have concluded that secularism as we know it is over. Others have questioned whether we have ever truly been secular, if the concept applies only to European societies, or whether the very notion of religiosity is merely a weapon of pacification in the hands of Western universalism. The post-secular notion thus lingers between sociological fact and philosophical theory, and it is the latter that we need to investigate if we want to confront the challenges that any ‘return of religion’ entails. Although phenomenology has furnished manifold devices to rethink religious experience in a post-metaphysical way, its investigations often remain individualistic and beholden to unproductive dichotomies. This volume assembles investigations into secularism’s discontents by addressing religion’s role in forming the fabric of contemporary societies and unveiling new constellations of faith and reason beyond many beloved modernist dichotomies (e.g. theism/atheism, myth/Enlightenment, fundamentalism/tolerance) that often go under-investigated. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
Author | : David Newheiser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2019-12-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108498663 |
Uses premodern theology and postmodern theory to show the endurance of religious and political commitments through the practice of hope.
Author | : Carlos D. Colorado |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780268023768 |
Inspired by Charles Taylor's magisterial A Secular Age, essays offer a host of expert analyses of the religious and theological threads running throughout Taylor's oeuvre.
Author | : Jonathan Arnold |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1783272600 |
How do contemporary audiences engage with sacred music and what are its effects?
Author | : Phil Zuckerman |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0143127934 |
A sociology professor examines the demographic shift that has led more Americans than ever before to embrace a nonreligious life and highlights the inspirational stories and beliefs that empower modern-day secular culture.
Author | : Paul Horwitz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2011-02-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 019973772X |
"Argues that the fundamental reason for church-state conflict is our aversion to questions of religious truth. By trying to avoid the question of religious truth, law and religion has ultimately reached a state of incoherence. He asserts that the answer to this dilemma is to take the agnostic turn: to take an empathetic and imaginative approach to questions of religious truth, one that actually confronts rather than avoids these questions, but without reaching a final judgment about what that truth is"--Jacket.
Author | : Charles Taylor |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195131614 |
Dimensions of his intellectual commitment - dimensions left implicit in his philosophical writing.