Being Post-secular in the Social Sciences: Taylor's Social Imaginaries

Following the fall of mainstream secularization paradigms, this article suggests opportunities arise for considering social and political life as ‘religious’ phenomena and, specifically, for using Taylor's pregnant notion of ‘social imaginaries’ as a bridge between ‘secular’ and ‘post-secular’...

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Published in:New blackfriars
Main Author: Lyon, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: New blackfriars
Further subjects:B Sociology
B Secularization
B Individualism
B Religion
B Post-secular
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Summary:Following the fall of mainstream secularization paradigms, this article suggests opportunities arise for considering social and political life as ‘religious’ phenomena and, specifically, for using Taylor's pregnant notion of ‘social imaginaries’ as a bridge between ‘secular’ and ‘post-secular’ social science. Thus, themes implicit in A Secular Age are made explicit and used to challenge how social science is done in ‘post-secular’ times.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2010.01393_1.x