Kierkegaard's theological sociology: prophetic fire for the present age
Part one: Kierkegaard's theological sociology. Sociology and worship -- Introducing Kierkegaard's theological sociology -- Kierkegaard at the 1840s fork -- Religion and social theory reconsidered -- Kierkegaard's theological sociology of the present age -- Part two: Taking theology s...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Cascade Books
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Sociology
/ Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Christian Sociology
B Christianity and the social sciences ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00859751 B Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855) B Philosophy and religion B Christianity and the social sciences History of doctrines B Christianity and the social sciences B Christian sociology ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00859530 |
| Summary: | Part one: Kierkegaard's theological sociology. Sociology and worship -- Introducing Kierkegaard's theological sociology -- Kierkegaard at the 1840s fork -- Religion and social theory reconsidered -- Kierkegaard's theological sociology of the present age -- Part two: Taking theology seriously--sociologically -- Knowledge -- Money -- Religion -- Conclusion: Kierkegaard's prophetic fire for the present age. Kierkegaard developed a distinctive type of sociology in the 1840's--a theological sociology. Looking at society through the lens of analysis categories such as worship, sin, and faith, Kierkegaard developed a profoundly insightful way of understanding how, for example, the modern mass media works. He gets right inside the urban world of Golden Age Denmark, and its religion, and analyses "the present age" of consumption, comfort, competition, distraction, and image-construction with astonishing depth. To Kierkegaard worship centers all individuals and all societies; hence his sociology is doxological. This book argues that we also live in the present age Kierkegaard described, and our way of life can be understood much better through Kierkegaard's lens than through the methodologically materialist categories of classical sociology. From back cover |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) |
| ISBN: | 153264826X |