Gustaaf Geeraerts

Post-Secular Society

Herausgeber: Nynas, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are we still secular? If not, what can one possibly mean by "post-secular"? The answers depend on what one considers secular as well as the people, societies, and institutions that one considers. Post-Secular Society argues for the experience of living in a secular world and a secular age and the experience of living without religion as a normal condition. Religion in the Western world is often described as being marked to some degree by both innovation and disarray. The past couple of decades have seen the emergence of reformulated versions of theories of secularization, variants of rational choice and supply-side models of religion, and new theoretical perspectives on de-secularization of religion. In spite of these different approaches and perspectives, a majority of scholars agree that the West is experiencing a general "resurgence" of religion and that the public visibility of religious actors and discourses is on the rise across most Western societies. Post-Secular Society discusses the changes in religion related to globalization, as well as New Age and other forms of popular religion. The contributors review religion that is rooted in the globalized political economy, and the relationship of post-secularism to popular and consumer culture. They also detail current innovative discourse as a religious belief system; discuss theories of the post-secular, religious, and spiritual well-being; and consider healing practices in Finland and environmentalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781412846103
• ISBN-10: 1412846102
• Artikelnr.: 34761207

Autorenporträt

Gustaaf Geeraerts, Peter Nynas

Inhaltsangabe

1. Trajectories of Post-Secular Complexity: An Introduction
2. Are We Still Secular? Explorations on the Secular and the Post-Secular
3. Characteristics of Contemporary Religious Change: Globalization
Neoliberalism
and Interpretative Tendencies
4. The Global Political Economy
Welfare State Reforms
and the Governance of Religion
5. The Concept of the Post-Secular and the Contemporary Nexus of Religion
Media
Popular Culture
and Consumer Culture
6. Dimensions of Innovationism
7. Authenticity Matters: Reflections on Lutheran and Muslim Perspectives of Individual Religiosity in Post-Secularity
8. Combining Choice and Destiny: Identity and Agency within Post-Secular Well-being Practices
9. Environmentalism as a Trend in Post-Secular Society
10. Grappling with Liquid Modernity: Investigating
Post-Secular Religion
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index