perspectives on the return of religion in the contemporary West
First Statement of Responsibility
Matthew Sharpe, Dylan Nickelson, editors.
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Dordrecht
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Springer, cop.
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2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 vol. (vi-235 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures (Print), v. 5.
GENERAL NOTES
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Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction: Secularization and its Discontents.- M. Sharpe, D. Nickelson.- 2. Disenchantments of secularism: the West and India, P. Bilimoria.- 3. Locke, secularism and the justice of the secular solution: towards a self-reflective transcending of secular-self understanding, P.A. Quadrio.- 4. Marx and the Christian logic of the secular state, R. Boer.- 5. Spirit matters: Life after secularism and religion? J. Rossouw.- 6. Counter-secularism: parsing the theological cure for our modern malady, D. Nickelson.- 7. `In the Beginning Was ... the Story'? On Secularisation, Narrative, and Nominalisms, M. Sharpe.- 8. Enjoy your Enlightenment! New Atheism, fanaticism and the joys of other people's illusions, B. Cooke.- 9. Against fundamentalism: The silence of the Divine in the work of Karen Armstrong, P. Brown.- 10. Secularism stuck in the End-Times: From Alexandre Kojeve to the recent Messianic Turn, R. Jeffs.- 11. Charles Taylor's search for transcendence: mystery, suffering, violence, J. Rundell.- 12. Towards post-secular Enlightenment, W. Hudson.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume explores timely topics in contemporary political and social debates. It addresses questions raised by the recent, much-touted return to religion, including possible reasons for the return and its practical, political, and intellectual prospects.