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...

全面介绍

Saved in:  
书目详细资料
其他作者: Joas, Hans 1948- (Other)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
丛编:Cultural memory in the present
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 世俗化 / 基督教 / 未来 / 宗教社会学
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
在线阅读: Table of Contents
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
实物特征
总结: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Many people these days regard religion as outdated and are unable to understand how believers can intellectually justify their faith.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
Item Description:"Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
实物描述:Online Ressource
ISBN:978-0-8047-9278-3
0-8047-9278-X