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Secular faith / edited by Vincent W. Lloyd and Elliot A. Ratzman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secularism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 262 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is faith a necessary virtue in the contemporary world? May it be, or must it be, detached from religious commitment? What do genealogies of the secular tell us about faith? Does religion need secular faith?Secular Faith brings together leading and emerging scholars to reflect on the apparent paradox of secular faith. Ranging over anthropology, religious studies, political science, history, and literature, from Muslims in China to Pentecostals in South Africa to a prison chapel in Texas, this collection of essays is as engaging and accessible as it is penetrating and rigorous.Communism was once labeled the god that failed. Like Christianity, Communism involves faith in a superhuman endeavor, conversion, myth, discipline, and salvation--and, from the perspective of secular liberalism, both are unjustified and false. In recent years, scholars have begun to investigate whether secularism is itself based on faith in a god that failed, or is failing. Nevertheless, many still embrace such a faith, finding in the spirit of democracy an ethos of eternal renewal. Secular Faith enters and broadens this conversation, interrogating secular faith in a global context, tapping new theoretical resources, and grappling provocatively with the tragedies and opportunities of today's profane pantheon of beliefs.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Secular faith as a tragic faith
- Uncool passion : Nietzsche meets the Pentecostals / Jean Comaroff
- The secular bad faith of Henry Theriault, the bishop of Tellus / Joshua Dubler
- Darwin's dogs : animals, animism, and the problem of religion / David Chidester
- "I have seen miracles in my life" : W. E. B. Du Bois and the religious limits of secularism / Edward J. Blum
- Democracy, piety, and faith : a reading of Dewey's religious naturalism / Melvin Rogers
- Faith in the time of postsocialism / Cindy Huang
- Literary enchantment and literary opposition from Hume to Scott / Colin Jager
- Imagined communities, holistic histories, and secular faith / Michael Saler
- Interreligious dialogue and cosmopolitan faith / Adam K. Webb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-254) and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781621890768
- 1621890767
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