The future of Christianity: reflections on violence and democracy, religion and secularisation

Introduction: Christianity and the world, the religious and the secular -- Secularization and the future of Catholicism and Protestantism -- Master narratives and the future of Christianity -- Pentecostalism: transnational voluntarism in the global religious economy -- Has secularization gone into r...

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Main Author: Martin, David 1929-2019 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Farnham [u.a.] Ashgate c 2011
In:Year: 2011
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Secularization
B Democracy
B Religion / Violent behavior
Further subjects:B Violence Religious aspects Christianity
B Church and the world
B Secularization (Theology)
B Christianity and politics
B Christianity Forecasting
B Christianity 21st century
B Secularism
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Summary:Introduction: Christianity and the world, the religious and the secular -- Secularization and the future of Catholicism and Protestantism -- Master narratives and the future of Christianity -- Pentecostalism: transnational voluntarism in the global religious economy -- Has secularization gone into reverse? -- Religious responses to modes of secularism -- Science and secularization -- An Eastern European pattern of secularization? -- East Germany: the world's most secular society -- Religion and politics; democracy and violence -- The religious and the political -- Christianity, violence and democracy -- Protestantism and democracy -- Appendix: multiple ironies and necessary paradoxes: a review of religion, fanaticism and violence
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:140940658X