Do we need religion?: on the experience of self-transcendence

Religious experience -- Do we need religion? -- Religion in the age of contingency -- On the articulation of experience -- Between theology and social science -- Sociology and the sacred : key texts in the sociology of religion -- Sophisticated fundamentalism from the left? on John Milbank -- A Cath...

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Main Author: Joas, Hans 1948- (Author)
Contributors: Skinner, Alex
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Boulder [u.a.] Paradigm Publishers c 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:[Rezension von: Joas, Hans, Do We Need Religion? On the Experience of Self-Transcendence] (2010) (Bouma, Gary D.)
Series/Journal:The Yale cultural sociology series
Further subjects:B Religion Philosophy
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Summary:Religious experience -- Do we need religion? -- Religion in the age of contingency -- On the articulation of experience -- Between theology and social science -- Sociology and the sacred : key texts in the sociology of religion -- Sophisticated fundamentalism from the left? on John Milbank -- A Catholic modernity? faith and knowledge in the work of Charles Taylor -- God in France : Paul Ricoeur as theoretical mediator -- Post-secular religion? on Jürgen Habermas -- Human dignity -- Decency, justice, dignity : on Avishai Margalit -- Respect for indisposability : a contribution to the bioethics debate -- Human dignity : the religion of modernity?
ISBN:1594514380