Post-Secular Society
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Post-Secular Society

  1. 290 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Post-Secular Society

About this book

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 the West is experiencing a general "resurgence" of religion across most Western societies.

Post-Secular Society discusses the changes in religion related to globalization and New Age forms of popular religion. The contributors review religion that is rooted in the globalized political economy and the relationship of post-secularism to popular consumer culture. Also reviewed is innovative discourse as a religious belief system, theories of the post-secular, religious, and spiritual well-being, and healing practices in Finland and environmentalism. This paperback edition includes a new preface by Peter Nynas.

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Yes, you can access Post-Secular Society by Gustaaf Geeraerts, Peter Nynas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781412854825
eBook ISBN
9781351497619
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. 1. Trajectories of Post-Secular Complexity: An Introduction
  7. 2. Are We Still Secular? Explorations on the Secular and the Post-Secular
  8. 3. Characteristics of Contemporary Religious Change: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Interpretative Tendencies
  9. 4. The Global Political Economy, Welfare State Reforms, and the Governance of Religion
  10. 5. The Concept of the Post-Secular and the Contemporary Nexus of Religion, Media, Popular Culture, and Consumer Culture
  11. 6. Dimensions of Innovationism
  12. 7. Authenticity Matters: Reflections on Lutheran and Muslim Perspectives of Individual Religiosity in Post-Secularity
  13. 9. Environmentalism as a Trend in Post-Secular Society
  14. 10. Grappling with Liquid Modernity: Investigating Post-Secular Religion
  15. List of Contributors
  16. Author Index
  17. Subject Index