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Public Religions in the Modern World

  • Paperback
  • 330 pages
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • 15.5 x 23.1 x 2 cm

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For those curious about faith in today's world.

"Public Religions in the Modern World" explains religion's r

You will see how faith shapes modern society today.

Discover how religions shape modern society and challenge traditional views in Jose Casanova's insightful book, "Public Religions in the Modern World."

In this reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to Catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public life, causing the "deprivatization" of religion in contemporary life. No longer content merely to administer pastoral care to individual souls, religious institutions are challenging dominant political and social forces, raising questions about the claims of entities such as nations and markets to be "value neutral", and straining the traditional connections of private and public morality. Casanova looks at five cases from two religious traditions (Catholicism and Protestantism) in four countries (Spain, Poland, Brazil, and the United States). These cases challenge postwar - and, indeed, post-Enlightenment - assumptions about the role of modernity and secularization in religious movements throughout the world.This book expands our understanding of the increasingly significant role religion plays in the ongoing construction of the modern world.
Public Religions in the Modern World and Christian Theology in the Age of Migration: Implications for World Christianity
Christian Theology in the Age of Migration: Implications for World ChristianityPublic Religions in the Modern World

  • Title

    Public Religions in the Modern World

  • Author

    Jose Casanova

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    June 1994

  • Edition

    2nd

  • Weight

    468g

  • Page Count

    330

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.1 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226095356

  • ISBN-10

    0226095355

  • Eden Code

    3784070

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