Post-secularism Marginalizes the University: A Rejoinder to Hollinger
Like David Hollinger I think that the history of secularization, or as he prefers, de-Christianization, has been unduly avoided and might well be at the center of contemporary American historiography. As he says, this ought to bring religious history more into the mainstream. But I would like to dev...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2002
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Church history
Año: 2002, Volumen: 71, Número: 4, Páginas: 848-857 |
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Sumario: | Like David Hollinger I think that the history of secularization, or as he prefers, de-Christianization, has been unduly avoided and might well be at the center of contemporary American historiography. As he says, this ought to bring religious history more into the mainstream. But I would like to develop some of his points in a different way than he does in the recent “Perspectives” section in Church History. Our differences derive from the fact that he sees secularization as a default value, the absence of a distraction, whereas I focus on secularism, something substantial and ideological. I hope that adopting that perspective may make sense of his main puzzle, which is why religion “persists” in America even though it has lost all the recent debates. Indeed I would like to turn his question around, to suggest that secularism is failing and that we should start thinking in terms of a “post-secular” society. This could mean, contrary to Hollinger's implication, that America is not lagging in this area but might be “ahead” of Europe. |
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ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Church history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640700096323 |