Secularization and the World Religions

doi:10.5949/UPO9781846315671

The question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history has to be introduced into the public conscience today. This can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics and counter rash syntheses such as the 'clash of civilizations'. This volume is concerned with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization. The first part deals with major religious traditions and their explicit or implicit ideas about the individual, social and political order. The second part gives an overview of the religious situation in important geographical areas. Additional contributions analyze the legal organization of the relationship between state and religion in a global perspective and the role of the natural sciences in the process of secularization. The contributors are internationally renowned scholars like Winfried Brugger, Jos� Casanova, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Hans Joas, Hans G. Kippenberg, Gudrun Kr�mer, David Martin, Eckart Otto and Rudolf Wagner.

"... the publication of these conference papers is to be welcomed as the scope of them is precise and original, and the chapters generally are of a high quality. Finally, it has to be remarked that Alex Skinner has done a first-rate job of translating the papers into a flowing and coherent English.'"

Source: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Volume 19, No 1

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors
pp vii-viii

Foreword
pp ix-x

Society, State and Religion: Their Relationship from the Perspective of the World Religions: An Introduction
pp 1-22

1 - Catholic Christianity
pp 23-45

2 - Protestantism
pp 46-76

3 - The Departure and Return of God: Secularization and Theologization in Judaism
pp 77-107

4 - Islam and Secularization
pp 108-121

5 - Hinduism
pp 122-140

6 - Secularization: Confucianism and Buddhism
pp 141-159

7 - From Hostility through Recognition to Identification: State–Church Models and their Relationship to Freedom of Religion
pp 160-180

8 - ‘Science Doesn't Tremble’: The Secular Natural Sciences and the Modern Feeling for Life
pp 181-205

9 - The Religious Situation in Europe
pp 206-228

10 - The Religious Situation in the USA
pp 229-240

11 - The Religious Situation in East Asia
pp 241-277

12 - The Relevance of the European Model of Secularization in Latin America and Africa
pp 278-295

13 - The Desecularization of the Middle East Conflict: From a Conflict between States to a Conflict between Religious Communities
pp 296-323

Afterword
pp 324-325

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