The critique of religion and religion's critique : on dialectical religiology / edited by Dustin J. Byrd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrd, Dustin, editor.

Series:

Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 165.

Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

In The Critique of Religion and Religion’s Critique: On Dialectical Religiology, Dustin J. Byrd compiles numerous essays honouring the life and work of the Critical Theorist, Rudolf J. Siebert. His “dialectical religiology,” rooted in the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, especially Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Leo Löwenthal, and Jürgen Habermas, is both a theory and method of understanding religion’s critique of modernity and modernity’s critique of religion. Born out of the Enlightenment and its most important thinkers, i.e. Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, religion is understood to be dialectical in nature. It contains within it both revolutionary and emancipatory elements, but also reactionary and regressive elements, which perpetuate mankind’s continual debasement, enslavement, and oppression. Thus, religion by nature is conflicted within itself and thus stands against itself. Dialectical Religiology attempts to rescue those elements of religion from the dustbin of history and reintroduce them into society via their determinate negation. As such, it attempts to resolve the social, political, theological, and philosophical antagonisms that plague the modern world, in hopes of producing a more peaceful, justice-filled, equal, and reconciled society. The contributors to this book recognize the tremendous contributions of Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert in the fields of philosophy, sociology, history, and theology, and have profited from his long career. This book attempts to honour that life and work. Contributors include: Edmund Arens, Gregory Baum, Francis Brassard, Dustin J. Byrd, Denis R. Janz, Gottfried Küenzlen, Mislav Kukoč, Michael, R. Ott, Rudolf J. Siebert, Hans K. Weitensteiner, and Brian C. Wilson.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Notes on Contributors

The Evolution of the Critical Theory of Religion and Society: Union, Disunion, and Reunion of the Sacred and the Profane (1946–2019): Part i / Rudolf J. Siebert

The Evolution of the Critical Theory of Religion and Society: Union, Disunion, and Reunion of the Sacred and the Profane (1946–2019): Part ii / Rudolf J. Siebert

Towards a Dialectical Critique of Religion: Aufhaben and Tajdīd, and the Potential for Renovatio and Renewal / Dustin J. Byrd

Fomenting the Constellations of Revolutionary “Now-Time”: Walter Benjamin’s Dialectical Theory of Religion, Society and History / Michael R. Ott

Identity, Reconciliation, and Solidarity: Political-Theological Reflections / Edmund Arens

Siebert on Nationalism as Pathology / Denis R. Janz

April 1945 – the War is Over in Frankfurt am Main / Hans K. Weitensteiner

Bošković’s Epistemological Approach: the Foundation of a New Spirituality? / Francis Brassard

The Power of Ideas and Life: Alexander Herzen and the Russian Intelligentsia – an Outline / Gottfried Küenzlen

kjv in the usa: the Impact of the King James Bible in America / Brian C. Wilson

“Islamic Colonization” and the Coming European “Wretched”: On the Ideology of Alt-Fascism / Dustin J. Byrd

Globalization Challenge: Economic Unification vs. Cultural and Religious Differences / Mislav Kukoč

Laudato Si’ / Gregory Baum

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41904-7

OCLC:

1151198149

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004419049 DOI