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Uniform Title Säkularisierung und die Weltreligionen
Title Secularization and the world religions / edited by Hans Joas and Klaus Wiegandt ; translated by Alex Skinner
Edition First English edition
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 325 pages)
Contents Society, state and religion : their relationship from the perspective of the world religions : an introduction -- Catholic Christiainity -- Protestantism -- The departure and return of God : secularization and theologization in Judaism -- Islam and secularization -- Hinduism -- Secularization : Confucianism and Buddhism -- From hostility through recognition to identification : state-church models and their relationship to freedom of religion -- 'Science doesn't tremble' : the secular natural sciences and the modern feeling for life -- The religious situation in Europe -- The religious situation in the USA -- The religious situation in East Asia -- The relevance of the European model of secularization in Latin American and Africa -- The Desecularization of the Middle East conflict : from a conflict between states to a conflict between religious communities
Summary 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. This volume is concerned with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Secularization (Theology) -- Congresses
Religions -- Congresses
Religions
Secularization (Theology)
Weltreligion
Säkularisierung
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion - General.
Godsdiensten.
Secularisatie (maatschappij)
Secularization (Theology) -- Congresses.
Religions -- Congresses.
Sekularisering.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Wiegandt, Klaus, editor.
Joas, Hans, 1948- editor.
Skinner, Alex.
Forum für Verantwortung.
ISBN 1846315670
9781846315671