Religione e politica: qualche riflessione sul concetto e sul problema della secolarizzazione e della razionalita nel mondo contemporaneo
The paper analyses from an historical point of view the current concepts of “secularization” and “post-secular society”. Last decades have shown the failure of the prophecy of the end of the relevance of religion in the public sphere. Far from being a necessary and irreversible trend, secularization...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Italian |
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[2015]
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Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-56 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Secularism
/ Rationalism
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society |
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Summary: | The paper analyses from an historical point of view the current concepts of “secularization” and “post-secular society”. Last decades have shown the failure of the prophecy of the end of the relevance of religion in the public sphere. Far from being a necessary and irreversible trend, secularization - both the European duality between state and church (es) and theAmerican pluralistic “wall of separation” between state and religions - is the historical outcome of the religious wars in 16th century Europa and the self-redefinition of Christianity in front of them. Secularization is thus possible and effective only in presence of religious models grounded on a critical rationality which involves also religious beliefs. Otherwise, the authority principle combined with an instrumental rationality makes secularization ineffective. |
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ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2015.1.1.46 |