Post-Secularism in a World-Historical Light: The Axial Age Thesis as an Alternative to Secularization
The secularization thesis claims that religion will lose its public influence as the forces of modernity advance. This hypothesis has long functioned as a paradigm within the humanities and social sciences. However, due to the apparent resurgence of publicly influential religion throughout the wor...
| Published in: | Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2018]
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Religions
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious History
B Religion B Public Religion B Post-secular B Secularism B Axial Age |
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| Summary: | The secularization thesis claims that religion will lose its public influence as the forces of modernity advance. This hypothesis has long functioned as a paradigm within the humanities and social sciences. However, due to the apparent resurgence of publicly influential religion throughout the world in recent years, scholars have recognized that a straightforward narrative of progress from the religious to the secular is no longer viable. I describe the current state of narrative perplexity regarding the changing place of religion in the modern world as the post-secular problematic. The aim of this article is to examine the contours of one specific post-secular narrative of religious changethe one that has crystallized around the concept of the axial ageand consider how it can be used to reconceptualize the public role of religion in the modern world. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel9050139 |