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Title The future of religion : toward a reconciled society / edited by Michael R. Ott
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 490 pages)
Series Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 9
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 9.
Contents Introduction: The development of the critical theory of religion in Dubrovnik from 1975 to 2007 / Rudolf J. Siebert -- Constantine : from religious pluralism to Christian hegemony / A. James Reimer -- Christianity and the concept of national guilt / Denis R. Janz -- Pius XII and the Third Reich / Hans K. Weitensteiner -- Tepeyac and Plymouth Rock : pilgrimage and nationalism in Mexico and the United States / Brian C. Wilson -- Pains and pleasures of opium, religion, and modernity : a new view of Robert Owen / Anja Finger -- Max Horkheimer's negative theology of the totally other / Michael R. Ott -- Functional view of religion: limits and dangers : some remarks and directions / Gottfried Küenzlen -- Religion within the space of reasons / Helmut Fritzsche -- Spiritual culture : transcendence of the fundamental problems of life / Reimon Bachika -- Future of Christianity as a question about the future of Europe / Gottfried Küenzlen -- Civil society and the globalization of its "state of emergency" : the longing for the totally other as a force of social change / Michael R. Ott -- Social philosophical reflections on the concepts of culture and multiculturalism in the context of globalization / Kjartan Selnes -- Ethics and religion: from modern "Aufhebung" to post-modern revival / Mislav Kukoč -- Ethics of interpretation after postmodernism / Hans-Herbert Kögler -- Toward a naturalistic foundation of community : how science can solve the spiritual crisis? / Werner Krieglstein -- Socio-economic basis for religious socialization and youth issues in Croatia / Dunja Potočnik -- Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian national identity : some relations and controversies / Alexandra Basa -- Education toward humanity / Aurelia Margaretic -- Human being called "homo techno-sapiens" : a note on a post-human perspective / Jan Fennema -- Theology of revolution versus theology of counter-revolution / Rudolf J. Siebert
Summary In the socio-historical context of the highly secular, neo-liberal/neo-conservative globalization movement, the question of the social meaning and relevancy of religion has entered directly into the contemporary discourse on the future of humanity. This book contains the work of international scholars who address this issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-481) and index
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Subject Religion -- Congresses
Religion and sociology -- Congresses
Globalization -- Congresses
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Globalization
Religion
Religion and sociology
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047430209
9047430204
1281921874
9781281921871
9786611921873
6611921877