Secularization and the World Religions

by Joas, Hans; Wiegandt, Klaus

• ISBN13: 9781846311888
• ISBN10: 1846311888
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This volume concerns itself with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization. Dealing with the major religious traditions and their explicit or implicit ideas about the individual, social, and political order, as well as offering an overview of the religious situation in important geographical areas,Secularization and the World Religionsanalyzes the legal organization of the relationship between state and religionas well as the role of the natural sciencesin a global perspective. Contributors include such internationally renowned scholars as Winfried Brugger, Jose Casanova, Hans Joas, and Hans Kippenberg.

Author Biography

Hans Joas is director of the Max Weber Center at the University of Erfurt and professor of sociology and social thought at the University of Chicago. Klaus Wiegandt is founder and CEO of Forum für Verantwortung.

                                                     

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Society, State and Religion: Their Relationship from the Perspective of the World Religions: An Introduction	p. 1
Catholic Christianity	p. 23
Protestantism	p. 46
The Departure and Return of God: Secularization and Theologization in Judaism	p. 77
Islam and Secularization	p. 108
Hinduism	p. 122
Secularization: Confucianism and Buddhism	p. 141
From Hostility through Recognition to Identification: State-Church Models and their Relationship to Freedom of Religion	p. 160
'Science Doesn't Tremble': The Secular Natural Sciences and the Modern Feeling for Life	p. 181
The Religious Situation in Europe	p. 206
The Religious Situation in the USA	p. 229
The Religious Situation in East Asia	p. 241
The Relevance of the European Model of Secularization in Latin America and Africa	p. 278
The Desecularization of the Middle East Conflict: From a Conflict between States to a Conflict between Religious Communities	p. 296
Afterword	p. 324
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