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Secularization and the World Religions
Hans Joas (Ed.)
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Description for Secularization and the World Religions
Paperback. The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. This book deals with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization. Editor(s): Joas, Hans; Wiegandt, Klaus. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history has to be introduced into the public conscience today. This can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics and counter rash syntheses such ... Read more
The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history has to be introduced into the public conscience today. This can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics and counter rash syntheses such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846311888
SKU
V9781846311888
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About Hans Joas (Ed.)
Hans Joas is director of the Max Weber Center at the University of Erfurt and professor of sociology and social thought at the University of Chicago. Klaus Wiegandt is founder and CEO of Forum für Verantwortung.
Reviews for Secularization and the World Religions
... the publication of these conference papers is to be welcomed as the scope of them is precise and original, and the chapters generally are of a high quality. Finally, it has to be remarked that Alex Skinner has done a first-rate job of translating the papers into a flowing and coherent English. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Volume 19, ... Read more