288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Post-Secular Society argues for several characteristics of the secular: the experience of living in a secular age and the experience of living without religion as a normal condition. Religion in the West is often seen as marked by both innovation and disarray. In spite of differing approaches and perspectives of secularization, rational choice and de-secularization, many scholars agree that... Read more
1. Trajectories of Post-Secular Complexity: An Introduction, 2. Are We Still Secular? Explorations on the Secular and the Post-Secular, 3. Characteristics of Contemporary Religious Change: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Interpretative Tendencies, 4. The Global Political Economy, Welfare State Reforms, and the Governance of Religion, 5. The Concept of the Post-Secular and the Contemporary Nexus of Religion, Media, Popular Culture, and Consumer Culture, 6. Dimensions of Innovationism, 7. Authenticity Matters: Reflections on Lutheran and Muslim Perspectives of Individual Religiosity in Post-Secularity, 8. Combining Choice and Destiny: Identity and Agency within Post-Secular Well-being Practices, 9. Environmentalism as a Trend in Post-Secular Society, 10. Grappling with Liquid Modernity: Investigating, Post-Secular Religion, List of Contributors, Author Index, Subject Index
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Gustaaf Geeraerts, Peter Nynas
