Religion, modernity, and postmodernity / edited by Paul Heelas, with the assistance of David Martin and Paul Morris.

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TextSeries: Religion and modernityPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.Description: vi, 338 p. ; 23 cmContent type:

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0631198482

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306.6

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1. Introduction: on differentiation and dedifferentiation/ Paul Heelas -- 2. Cathedrals to cults: the evolving forms of the religious life/ Steve Bruce -- 3. Terminal faith/ Mark C. Taylor -- 4. Postmodern religion? / Zygmunt Bauman -- 5. Tradition, retrospective perception, nationalism and modernism/ Ninian Smart -- 6. From fundamentalism to fundamentalisms: a religious ideology in multiple forms/ Bruce B. Lawrence -- 7. From pre- to postmodernity in Latin America: the cae of Pentecostalism/ Bernice martin -- 8. Secularization and citizenship in Muslim Indonesia/ Robert W. Hefner -- 9. Religion and national identity in modern and postmodern japan/ Winston Davis -- 10. The construals of 'Europe': religion, theology and the problematics of modernity/ Richard H. Roberts -- 11. Post-Christianity/ Don Cupitt -- 12. Kenosis and naming: beyond analogy and towards allegoria amoris/ Graham Ward -- 13. Sublimity: the modern transcendent/ John Milbank -- 14. The primacy of theology and the question of perception/ Phillip Blond -- 15. The Impossible/ Kevin Hart.

Summary: "Religion, Modernity and Postmodernity is the first book to engage the study of religion with contemporary theorizing about culture. It addresses important issues such as whether there are postmodern forms of religion, whether theories of religion framed in terms of modernity can be recast to suit new or emerging circumstances, and how the study of religion can be better integrated with recent developments in the study of culture. The book locates the contemporary study of religion in terms of general theorizing, covering such issues as choice, globalization, and what postmodern religion might look like. International perspectives are then introduced, and the postmodernity thesis is explored in connection with Eastern Europe, Japan and Latin America, and the 'New Europe'. Liberalism and fundamentalism are also addressed in other contexts, including Indonesia. In the concluding cahpaters of the volume the emphasis shifts away from the study of religion and cultural change to how post-modern thought, such as the rejection of metaphysics of presence, might serve to open up new theological possibilities."-- Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Religion, Modernity and Postmodernity is the first book to engage the study of religion with contemporary theorizing about culture. It addresses important issues such as whether there are postmodern forms of religion, whether theories of religion framed in terms of modernity can be recast to suit new or emerging circumstances, and how the study of religion can be better integrated with recent developments in the study of culture.
The book locates the contemporary study of religion in terms of general theorizing, covering such issues as choice, globalization, and what postmodern religion might look like. International perspectives are then introduced, and the postmodernity thesis is explored in connection with Eastern Europe, Japan and Latin America, and the 'New Europe'. Liberalism and fundamentalism are also addressed in other contexts, including Indonesia.
In the concluding cahpaters of the volume the emphasis shifts away from the study of religion and cultural change to how post-modern thought, such as the rejection of metaphysics of presence, might serve to open up new theological possibilities."-- Publisher's description.