Radical secularization?: an inquiry into the religious roots of secular culture

Chapter 1. Introduction / Stijn Latré, Guido Vanheeswijck and Walter Van Herck -- Part 1. In the Wake of Löwith and Blumenberg. Chapter 2. Heaven on Earth? The Löwith-Blumenberg Debate / Jean-Claude Monod ; Chapter 3. The Eternal Return of Gnosticism? Secularization and the Problem of Evil / Willem...

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Contributors: Latré, Stijn (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Bloomsbury Academic 2015
In:Year: 2015
Edition:1st [edition]
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Secularization
Further subjects:B Civilization, Secular
B Secularization
B Religion
B Conference program 2012 (Antwerp)
B Electronic books
B Religions
B Secularism
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Summary:Chapter 1. Introduction / Stijn Latré, Guido Vanheeswijck and Walter Van Herck -- Part 1. In the Wake of Löwith and Blumenberg. Chapter 2. Heaven on Earth? The Löwith-Blumenberg Debate / Jean-Claude Monod ; Chapter 3. The Eternal Return of Gnosticism? Secularization and the Problem of Evil / Willem Styfhals ; Chapter 4. Secularization as a Category of Historical Entitlement / Herbert De Vriese -- Part 2. Secularization in Christianity and Beyond. Chapter 5. Christianity, Incarnation and Disenchantment: Marcel Gauchet on the 'departure from religion' / André Cloots ; Chapter 6. The Strength of Weakness: Vattimo and Gauchet on Secularization / Andreas Michel ; Chapter 7. The Legitimacy and Genealogy of Secularization in Question / John Milbank ; Chapter 8. Beyond Radical Secularization and Radical Orthodoxy? / Guido Vanheeswijck ; Chapter 9. Apologetics and Anti-Apologetics in Taylor's A Secular Age / Charles Lockwood ; Chapter 10. Religion, Modernity and the Notion of Subtler Languages / gerbert Faure ; Chapter 11. Wilfred Cantwell Smith on the History of 'Religion' and 'Belief' / Walter Van Herck ; Chapter 12. The Axial Age and the Dynamics of Transcendence / Stijn Latré ; Chapter 13. To World or not to World: An Axial Genealogy of Secular Life / Laurens ten Kate -- Index.
"What does it mean for a society to be secular? Answering this question from a philosophical angle, Radical Secularization? delves into the philosophical presuppositions of secularization. Which cultural evolutions made secularization possible? International scholars from different disciplines assess the answers given by many leading philosophers such as, among others, L with, Blumenberg and Habermas (Germany), Gauchet and Nancy (France), Taylor and Bellah (North America). They examine the theory that secularization cannot only be regarded as a cultural change that was forced upon religion from an external source (e.g. science), but should also be considered as a phenomenon triggered by motives internal to religion. If religions are indeed capable of inner transformations, the question arises whether religions can persist in the secular societies they inadvertently helped to bring about, and how secular societies may accommodate religion."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1501308548
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9781501308543