2000 years and beyond : faith, identity, and the 'common era' / edited by Paul Gifford ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gifford, Paul, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Religion.

Christianity--Forecasting.

Humanism.

Capitalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Capitalism.

Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Other Title:

Two thousand years and beyond

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from which Western cultural identity has evolved.Their plural reflections raise searching questions about how we move from past to future - and about who 'we' are. What do the catastrophes of the twentieth century signify for hopes of progress? Can post - Enlightenment humanism and its notion of

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 2000 years: looking backwards and forwards; 2 Progress and abyss; 3 Enlightenment humanism as a relic of Christian monotheism; 4 Historiography and the representation of the past; 5 The future of human nature; 6 The mimetic theory of religion: an outline; 7 Second comings: neo-Protestant ethics and millennial capitalism in Africa, and elsewhere; 8 Can a premodern bible address a postmodern world?; 9 Conclusion: dialogue on the 'Common Era'; Notes; Bibliography and further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-47078-9

1-134-47079-7

1-280-05676-2

0-203-39848-3

9780203398487

OCLC:

437250838