Faith as an option: possible futures for Christianity
Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religio...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Cultural memory in the present
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Secularization
/ Christianity
/ Future
/ Religious sociology
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| Further subjects: | B
RELIGION ; Christian Church ; History
B Church History 21st century B Church History 21st century B RELIGION ; Christianity ; History B Faith B Electronic books B Church History B Secularism |
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| Summary: | Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religious diversity and the pluralist society -- Religion and violence -- The future of Christianity -- Intellectual challenges for contemporary Christianity -- Conclusion : is Christianity leaving Europe behind? Many people these days regard religion as outdated and are unable to understand how believers can intellectually justify their faith. Nonbelievers have long assumed that progress in technology and the sciences renders religion irrelevant. Believers, in contrast, see religion as vital to society's spiritual and moral well-being. But does modernization lead to secularization? Does secularization lead to moral decay? Sociologist Hans Joas argues that these two supposed certainties have kept scholars from serious contemporary debate and that people must put these old arguments aside in order for d |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource |
| ISBN: | 080479278X |