[Rezension von: Gifford, Paul, 1944-, The plight of Western religion]
The subtitle of the book describes what “the plight of western religion” is, namely, that across the West the other-worldly no longer plays the role it once did. There was a time, Gifford argues, when a robust religion and life, in general, were pervaded by references to the supernatural; whereas no...
Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2021]
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A journal of church and state
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Review of: | The plight of Western religion (London : Hurst & Company, 2019) (Benavides, Gustavo)
The plight of Western religion (London : Hurst & Company, 2020) (Benavides, Gustavo) |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
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IxTheo Classification: | NBQ Eschatology |
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Book review
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Summary: | The subtitle of the book describes what “the plight of western religion” is, namely, that across the West the other-worldly no longer plays the role it once did. There was a time, Gifford argues, when a robust religion and life, in general, were pervaded by references to the supernatural; whereas now, with the supernatural eclipsed and its institutions being indistinguishable from NGOs, “Christianity in the West, understood substantively, has been effectively evacuated. It is only by slipping from a substantive to a functional understanding of religion that this reality can be obscured” (p. 95). To make his case, Gifford contrasts substantive... |
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ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa086 |