Interreligious Dialogue as a Response to Processes of Secularization
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[Article]
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Karsten Lehmann
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill | Schöningh
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This article proposes secularization theory as a tool to better understand the rationale of IRD-activities. To make this point, it starts with a review of present-day secularisation theories. On this basis, the article presents an analysis of the concept of the secular used in the context of the so-called '1893 - World's Parliament of Religions'. In a final step, the author argues that IRD-activities have to be understood on the basis of an implicit juxtaposition of 'the religious' and 'the secular'. They try to present a 'religious voice' as a response to a context perceived as being secular. This article proposes secularization theory as a tool to better understand the rationale of IRD-activities. To make this point, it starts with a review of present-day secularisation theories. On this basis, the article presents an analysis of the concept of the secular used in the context of the so-called '1893 - World's Parliament of Religions'. In a final step, the author argues that IRD-activities have to be understood on the basis of an implicit juxtaposition of 'the religious' and 'the secular'. They try to present a 'religious voice' as a response to a context perceived as being secular. This article proposes secularization theory as a tool to better understand the rationale of IRD-activities. To make this point, it starts with a review of present-day secularisation theories. On this basis, the article presents an analysis of the concept of the secular used in the context of the so-called '1893 - World's Parliament of Religions'. In a final step, the author argues that IRD-activities have to be understood on the basis of an implicit juxtaposition of 'the religious' and 'the secular'. They try to present a 'religious voice' as a response to a context perceived as being secular. This article proposes secularization theory as a tool to better understand the rationale of IRD-activities. To make this point, it starts with a review of present-day secularisation theories. On this basis, the article presents an analysis of the concept of the secular used in the context of the so-called '1893 - World's Parliament of Religions'. In a final step, the author argues that IRD-activities have to be understood on the basis of an implicit juxtaposition of 'the religious' and 'the secular'. They try to present a 'religious voice' as a response to a context perceived as being secular.
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Date of Publication
2020
Physical description
513-532
Title
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society