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Secularization and the world religions /

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 ext...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Forum für Verantwortung
Otros Autores: Wiegandt, Klaus (Editor ), Joas, Hans, 1948- (Editor ), Skinner, Alex
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2009.
Edición:First English edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.