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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cultural memory in the present
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Cultural memory in the present.
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| Note |
"Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religious diversity and the pluralist society -- Religion and violence -- The future of Christianity -- Intellectual challenges for contemporary Christianity -- Conclusion : is Christianity leaving Europe behind? |
| Summary |
Many people these days regard religion as outdated and are unable to understand how believers can intellectually justify their faith. Nonbelievers have long assumed that progress in technology and the sciences renders religion irrelevant. Believers, in contrast, see religion as vital to society's spiritual and moral well-being. But does modernization lead to secularization? Does secularization lead to moral decay? Sociologist Hans Joas argues that these two supposed certainties have kept scholars from serious contemporary debate and that people must put these old arguments aside in order for d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Secularism.
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Secularism. |
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Faith.
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Faith. |
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Church history -- 21st century.
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Church history. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000 - 2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Glaube als Option. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014021916
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Joas, Hans, 1948- author. Glaube als Option. English. Faith as an option 9780804788731 (DLC) 2014006584 (OCoLC)871965783 |
| ISBN |
9780804792783 (electronic book) |
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080479278X (electronic book) |
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9780804788731 |
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0804788731 |
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9780804792776 |
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0804792771 |
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