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9781847061317

The New Visibility of Religion Studies in Religion and Cultural Hermeneutics

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    9781847061317

  • ISBN10:

    1847061311

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-09
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

A unique collection of essays that brings together contributions from; theology, aesthetics, social and political science, philosophy and cultural theory to examine the surge in the public visibility of religion.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Secularization
Revising Secularization Theoryp. 15
Five Ways of Relating Religion and Politics or Living in Two Worlds: Believer and Citizenp. 30
Secularism, Faith and Freedomp. 45
Violence
The Bloody Skin of the Victim*p. 59
The Ambiguous Cachet of Victimhood: On Violence and Monotheismp. 68
Monotheism and Violence*p. 88
Aesthetics
The Art of Disappearing: Religion and Aestheticizationp. 99
The Re-enchantment of the World and the End of Modern Art*p. 117
'The End is Nigh': A Reflection on the Relationship between Media and Religionp. 129
Theology
Radical Orthodoxy Ten Years On: The Return of Metaphysics*p. 151
Politics and the New Visibility of Theologyp. 170
Religion after Detraditionalization: Christian Faith in a Postsecular Europep. 187
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