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Author : Roger A. Johnson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780131939790
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (397 download)
Download or read book Critical Issues in Modern Religion written by Roger A. Johnson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger A. Johnson
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Critical Issues in Modern Religion written by Roger A. Johnson and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1990 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary religion and its issues. Covers materials fully by using self-contained chapters and sections that are relatively independent of each other. It also reflects on the many new developments in religion with several complete chapter rewrites. For anyone interested in Modern Religion.
Author : Ivanessa Arostegui
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781516509072
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Religion and Contemporary Issues written by Ivanessa Arostegui and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology "explores three areas of life in which religion has a profound impact: political policy; ecology: and women's rights. Through the lens of six religions -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- the carefully-curated articles address some of contemporary society's most challenging issues"--Cover.
Author : Oliver Brennan
Publisher : Veritas Co. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1853906522
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (539 download)
Download or read book Critical Issues in Religious Education written by Oliver Brennan and published by Veritas Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the meaning and identity of religious education within the cultural context of today.
Author : Jack Barbalet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783080663
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Religion and the State written by Jack Barbalet and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a clear statement of the theoretical issues in the debates about secularization and post-secularism, 'Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology' considers a number of major case studies - from China, Europe, Singapore and South Asia - in order to understand the rise of public religions in the modern state. By distinguishing between political secularization - the separation of state and religion - and social secularization - the transformation of the everyday practice of religion - this volume offers an integrating framework within which to analyze these different societies.
Author : Theodore Vial
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019021256X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Modern Religion, Modern Race written by Theodore Vial and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is a racialized category, even when race is not explicitly mentioned. In Modern Religion, Modern Race Theodore Vial argues that because the categories of religion and race are rooted in the post-Enlightenment project of reimagining what it means to be human, we cannot simply will ourselves to stop using them. Only by acknowledging that religion is already racialized can we begin to understand how the two concepts are intertwined and how they operate in our modern world. It has become common to argue that the category religion is not universal, or even very old, but is a product of Europe's Enlightenment modernization. Equally common is the argument that religion is not an innocent category of analysis, but is implicated in colonial regimes of control and as such plays a role in Europe's process of identity construction of itself and of non-European "others." Current debates about race follow an eerily similar trajectory: race is not an ancient but a modern construction. It is part of the project of colonialism, and race discourse forms one of the cornerstones of modern European identity-making. Why can't we stop using them, or re-construct them in less toxic ways? By examining the theories of Kant, Herder, and Schleiermacher, among others, Vial uncovers co-constitutive nature of race and religion, describes how they became building blocks of the modern world, and shows how the two concepts continue to be used today to form identity and to make sense of the world. He shows that while we disdain the racist language of some of the founders of religious studies, the continued influence of the modern worldview they helped create leads us, often unwittingly, to reiterate many of the same distinctions and hierarchies. Although it may not be time to abandon the very category of religion, with all its attendant baggage, Modern Religion, Modern Race calls for us to examine that baggage critically, and to be fully conscious of the ways in which religion always carries with it dangerous ideas of race.
Author : Anton K. Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Religion and the Critical Mind written by Anton K. Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people have a deep curiosity about religion and its shortcomings. This book, written for the general reader, takes a comprehensive look at the critiques of religion in Western history and the courageous thinkers who developed those critiques. While many people know the names of the thinkers covered, they often have little knowledge of their views and the contexts in which they worked. Here is a new look at our heritage in the criticism of religion.
Author : Roger A. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Critical Issues in Modern Religion written by Roger A. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion written by Steven M. Cahn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes selections from Plato, Boethius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Kierkegaard, William James, Anthony Flew, accompanied by modern essays.
Author : Titus Hjelm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136854134
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Religion and Social Problems written by Titus Hjelm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have emerged. This volume fills this gap by providing a definitive work on the role of religion in assessing, constructing, and solving social problems. Contributors chart the relation between religion and social problems, exploring such case studies as the impact of religion on drugs and alcohol use among Muslims, the rising importance that religion is given in social policy, the role of the Orthodox and Catholic churches in tackling social problems in post-communist East Europe, and the contested role of religion in the national and international politics of contemporary Japan. Religion and Social Problems is a broad and path-breaking contribution to the fields of sociology of religion, sociology of social problems, and religious studies.
Author : Clinton Bennett
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826495508
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Studying Islam written by Clinton Bennett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including historical foundations, scripture, society, thought, ethics, rituals, spirituality and aesthetics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching Islam for the first time.
Author : Eugene Thomas Long
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401005168
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion written by Eugene Thomas Long and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original articles, written by leading contemporary European and American philosophers of religion, is presented in celebration of the publication of the fiftieth volume of the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Following the Editor's Introduction, John Macquarrie, Adriaan Peperzak, and Hent de Vries take up central themes in continental philosophy of religion. Macquarrie analyzes postmodernism and its influence in philosophy and theology. Peperzak argues for a form of universality different from that of modern philosophy, and de Vries analyzes an intrinsic and structural relationship between religion and the media. The next three essays discuss issues in analytic philosophy of religion. Philip Quinn argues that religious diversity reduces the epistemic status of exclusivism and makes it possible for a religious person to be justified while living within a pluralistic environment. William Wainwright plumbs the work of Jonathan Edwards in order to better understand debates concerning freedom, determinism, and the problem of evil, and William Hasker asks whether theological incompatibilism is less inimical to traditional theism than some have supposed. Representing the Thomist tradition, Fergus Kerr challenges standard readings of Aquinas on the arguments for the existence of God. David Griffin analyzes the contributions of process philosophy to the problem of evil and the relation between science and religion. Illustrating comparative approaches, Keith Ward argues that the Semitic and Indian traditions have developed a similar concept of God that should be revised in view of post-Enlightenment theories of the individual and the historical. Keith Yandell explores themes in the Indian metaphysical tradition and considers what account of persons is most in accord with reincarnation and karma doctrines. Feminist philosophy of religion is represented in Pamela Anderson's article, in which she argues for a gender-sensitive and more inclusive approach to the craving for infinitude.
Author : Katherine Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136673512
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Global Institutions of Religion written by Katherine Marshall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work fills a significant gap in the current literature by providing a concise introduction to religious institutions and an insightful analysis of their role in world affairs. Focusing on formal institutions specifically dedicated to governing religious communities, the work examines the intersections between religious and other global institutions, set against the fundamental question: why and how do these intersections matter? The work explores the role of religion within key issues including Human rights Human security International development and humanitarian relief Climate change Moral responsibilities The new forms that religious institutions are taking, their fit with human rights and democratic ideals, their changing nature in plural societies, are a highly relevant part of the global institutional picture and this book is essential reading for all students and scholars of global institutions, international relations and religion.
Author : Jürgen Habermas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745694411
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Religion and Rationality written by Jürgen Habermas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new volume brings together Habermas' key writing on religion and religious belief. Habermas explores the relations between Christian and Jewish thought, on the one hand, and the Western philosophical tradition on the other. In so doing, he examines a range of important figures, including Benjamin, Heidegger, Johann Baptist Metz and Gershom Scholem. In a new introduction written especially for this volume, Eduardo Mendieta places Habermas' engagement with religion in the context of his work as a whole. Mendieta also discusses Habermas' writings in relation to Jewish Messianism and the Frankfurt School, showing how the essays in Religion and Rationality, one of which is translated into English for the first time, foreground an important, yet often neglected, dimension of critical theory. The volume concludes with an original extended interview, also in English for the first time, in which Habermas develops his current views on religion in modern society. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theology, religious studies and philosophy, as well as to all those already familiar with Habermas' work.
Author : Robert T. Lehe
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498245943
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book God, Science, and Religious Diversity written by Robert T. Lehe and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two major obstacles to belief in God in the twenty-first century are the idea that science is incompatible with religious faith, and the idea that the diversity of religions undermines the credibility of belief that any one religion could be truer than the others. This book addresses both of these challenges to belief in God and explores a connection between them. It argues that science and religion are not only compatible, but that some recent scientific discoveries actually support belief in the existence of the Creator God. The diversity of religions is widely believed to undermine the credibility of religious truth claims because of the assumed lack of any way to settle disagreements between different religions. This book argues that one rational way to adjudicate disagreements between the claims of diverse religions is to assess their consistency with contemporary science. The book considers how Christian theism and Buddhism fare in harmonizing their metaphysical frameworks with contemporary scientific cosmology. Although both theistic and Buddhist worldviews resonate with many recent scientific discoveries, the Big Bang theory and cosmic fine-tuning favor the Christian doctrine of creation.
Author : Grace Davie
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446274624
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book The Sociology of Religion written by Grace Davie and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is religion still important? Can we be fully modern and fully religious? In this new edition, Davie follows up her discussion of the meaning of religion in modern society and considers how best to research and understand this relationship. Exploring the rapid movements within the sociology of religion today, this revised and updated book: • Describes the origins of the sociology of religion • Demystifies secularization as a process and a theory • Relates religion to modern social theory • Unpacks the meaning of religion in relation to modernity and globalization • Grasps the methodological challenges in the field • Provides a comparative perspective for religions in the west • Introduces questions of minorities and margins • Sets out a critical agenda for debate and research The Sociology of Religion has already proved itself as one of the most important titles within the field; this edition will ensure that it remains an indispensable resource for students and researchers alike.
Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226791734
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Critical Terms for Religious Studies written by Mark C. Taylor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is ending with a remarkable resurgence of religious beliefs and practices throughout the world. Wherever one looks today, from headlines about political turmoil in the Middle East to pop music and videos, one cannot escape the pivotal role of religious beliefs and practices in shaping selves, societies, and cultures. Following in the very successful tradition of Critical Terms for Literary Studies and Critical Terms for Art History, this book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conceptual freight. These essays adopt the approach that has won this book's predecessors such widespread acclaim: each provides a concise history of a critical term, explores the issues raised by the term, and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work, practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Native American and Mayan religions, contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and image, to God, sacrifice, and transgression. The result is an essential reference that will reshape the field of religious studies and transform the way in which religion is understood by scholars from all disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, gender studies, and literary studies.
