Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital
Religions of Modernity' challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that modernization inevitably erodes the sacred, and documents - in rich empirical detail - how modernity spawns its own religious meanings by relocating the sacred to the self and the domain of digital technology.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden
BRILL
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | International Studies in Religion and Society Ser.
v.12 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and civilization
B Civilization, Modern ; 21st century B Electronic books B Civilization, Modern 21st century |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004184510 |
| Summary: | Religions of Modernity' challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that modernization inevitably erodes the sacred, and documents - in rich empirical detail - how modernity spawns its own religious meanings by relocating the sacred to the self and the domain of digital technology. Intro -- Religions of Modernity -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Chapter One: Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital -- Chapter Two: Real Religion and Fuzzy Spirituality? Taking Sides in the Sociology of Religion -- Chapter Three: I Did It My Way? Individual Choice and Social Conformity in New Age Religion -- Chapter Four: Private Religion in the Public Sphere: Life Spirituality in Civil Society -- Chapter Five: Seeing Invisible Religion: Religion as a Societal Conversation about Transcendent Meaning -- Chapter Six: Ethics of Sensitivity: Towards a New Work Ethic -- Chapter Seven: Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality -- Chapter Eight: Silicon Valley New Age: The Co-Constitution of the Digital and the Sacred -- Chapter Nine: Science, Fiction and Religion: About Real and Raelian Possible Worlds -- Chapter Ten: Religion and Spirituality in Science Fiction Narratives: A Case of Multiple Modernities? -- Chapter Eleven: 'Where the Zeroes Meet the Ones': Exploring the Affinity between Magic and Computer Technology -- Chapter Twelve: Digital Apocalypse: The Implicit Religiosity of the Millennium Bug Scare -- Name Index -- Subject Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-19369-7 |
