The Secular Quest for Meaning in Life Denton Papers in Implicit Religion : Denton Papers in Implicit Religion

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Edward I. (Edward Ian)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Implicit religion--Congresses.

Local Subjects:

Implicit religion--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of twenty papers originally contributed to the annual Denton Conferences in Implicit Religion bespeaks, through the range and quality of its contents, the achievement of its editor in gaining currency for the concept of ""implicit religion"" in a project spanning three decades. As Dr. Bailey immediatly concedes, the concept of implicit religion has been criticized for lacking analytical specificity, transgressing appropriate boundaries and promoting an empirically over-inclusive understanding of religion and spirituality. This volume of Denton Papers in Implicit Religion makes

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Ninan Smart; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction- The Notion of Implicit Religion: What It Means, and Does NotMean; Part I: The Conceptual Position of Implicit Religion; Chapter 1: The Secular Practice as Implicit Religion- Martin Goodridge; Chapter 2: The Metaphysics of Secular Institutions- Peter McCaffery; Chapter 3: The Sacred as Surrogate: notes on implicit a-religion- N J Demerath III; Commentary; Chapter 4: Ethnic Jokes as an Expression of Implicit Religious Values and Religious Identity- Christie Davies

Chapter 5: Diffused Religion: Theory and Practice- Roberto CiprianiChapter 6: Charisma Today- Meerten ter Borg; Commentary; Chapter 7: The Experience of Transcendence in Contemporary Culture- Alistair Kee; Chapter 8: Epiphany and Apocalypse in the Post-modern- David Lyon; Chapter 9: On the Possibility of Naturalistic Religions- Vasilios N. Makrides; Commentary; Chapter 10: The Centrality of the Concept of Implicit Religion for Religious Studies- John Badertscher; Chapter 11: The Priority of the Holy- Whilhelm Dupre; Chapter 12: Implicit Religion: Ineddability- Paul Heelas; Commentary

Part II: Some Empirical Applications of the Concept of Implicit ReligionChapter 13: Implicit Religion: The Hospice Experience- Derek Boyd Murray; Chapter 14: Lapidary Texts: Europe's War Memorials- a liturgy fit for heroes- Jon Davies; Chapter 15: Religion in the Capital Area of Finland- Tapio Lampinen; Chapter 16: Antisatanism as a Social Movement- William H. Swatos Jr.; Commentary; Chapter 17: The Religion of Politics- Geoffrey Scobie; Chapter 18: The Sacralisation of Political Ideology: Implicit Religion in the American Frontier Tradition- Robert E. Beckley and H. Paul Chalfant

Chapter 19: Religion and Football: The Cult of the Fighting Gamecock- Hal FrenchChapter 20: Notes on the Religiousity of 'Scientific' Methods of Psychotherapy- Roger Grainger; Commentary; Epilogue; Epilogue: The Future of Implicit Religion; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

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ISBN:

0-7734-1239-5

OCLC:

821875283