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Philip S. Gorski - The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society - 9780814738726 - V9780814738726
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The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society

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Description for The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society Hardback. Considers whether there has been a recent religious resurgence of global dimensions Editor(s): Gorski, Philip S.; Torpey, John; Kim, David Kyuman; VanAntwerpen, Jonathan. Series: Social Science Research Council. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.

The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades. This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today’s world. Foregrounding the most urgent and compelling questions raised by the place of religion in the social sciences, past and present, The Post-Secular in Question restores religion to a more central place in social scientific thinking about the world, helping to move scholarship “beyond unbelief.”
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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Series
Social Science Research Council
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814738726
SKU
V9780814738726
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About Philip S. Gorski
Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology at Yale University and author of The Protestant Ethic Revisited. 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... Read more

Reviews for The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society
In the last two decades we have witnessed constant deconstructions and reconstructions of the categories of religion, the secular, and now the post-secular. This volume is the best entry I know to the whole debate. It serves both as a perfect illustration of the shifting terrain and as a helpful analytical guide to its exploration.
Jose Casanova,author of Public ... Read more

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