The future of religion : toward a reconciled society / edited by Michael R. Ott.

Format:

Book

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 9.

Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Religion and sociology.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the midst of the increasing antagonism between religion and secularity, the sacred and the profane, faith and reason – currently described in terms of “the clash of civilizations” – is religion any longer relevant or meaningful in the globalizing development of modern subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, family, society, state and history? If so, how and to what end? In the socio-historical context of the highly secular, neo-liberal/neo-conservative globalization movement, the question of the social meaning and relevancy of religion has entered directly into the contemporary discourse on the future of humanity. This book gives expression to the research of international scholars as they wrestled with these issues during the Future of Religion courses held at the Inter-university Center in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 2001-2005. Contributors include: Aleksandra Baša , Reimon Bachika , Aleš Črnič , Anja Finger , Helmut Fritzsche , Denis Janz , Hans-Herbert Kögler , Werner Krieglstein , Mislav Kukoč , Gottfried Küenzlen , Aurelia Margaretić , Michael R. Ott , Dunja Potočnik , A. James Reimer , Kjartan Selnes , Rudolf J. Siebert , Hans K. Weitensteiner , Brian Wilson , Katarzyna Zielinska .

Contents:

Introduction: The development of the critical theory of religion in Dubrovnik from 1975 to 2007 / Rudolf J. Siebert

Constantine : from religious pluralism to Christian hegemony / A. James Reimer

Christianity and the concept of national guilt / Denis R. Janz

Pius XII and the Third Reich / Hans K. Weitensteiner

Tepeyac and Plymouth Rock : pilgrimage and nationalism in Mexico and the United States / Brian C. Wilson

Pains and pleasures of opium, religion, and modernity : a new view of Robert Owen / Anja Finger

Max Horkheimer's negative theology of the totally other / Michael R. Ott

Functional view of religion: limits and dangers : some remarks and directions / Gottfried Kuenzlen

Religion within the space of reasons / Helmut Fritzsche

Spiritual culture : transcendence of the fundamental problems of life / Reimon Bachika

Future of Christianity as a question about the future of Europe / Gottfried Kuenzlen

Civil society and the globalization of its "state of emergency" : the longing for the totally other as a force of social change / Michael R. Ott

Social philosophical reflections on the concepts of culture and multiculturalism in the context of globalization / Kjartan Selnes

Ethics and religion: from modern "Aufhebung" to post-modern revival / Mislav Kukoc

Ethics of interpretation after postmodernism / Hans-Herbert Kogler

Toward a naturalistic foundation of community : how science can solve the spiritual crisis? / Werner Krieglstein

Socio-economic basis for religious socialization and youth issues in Croatia / Dunja Potocnik

Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian national identity : some relations and controversies / Alexandra Basa

Education toward humanity / Aurelia Margaretic

Human being called "homo techno-sapiens" : a note on a post-human perspective / Jan Fennema

Theology of revolution versus theology of counter-revolution / Rudolf J. Siebert.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-481) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92187-4

9786611921873

90-474-3020-4

OCLC:

304436209

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004160149.i-496 DOI