Radical Secularization? - An Inquiry into the Religious Roots of Secular Culture

What does it mean for a society to be secular? Answering this question from a philosophical angle, Radical Secularization? delves into the philosophical presuppositions of secularization. Which cultural evolutions made secularization possible? International scholars from different disciplines assess the answers given by many leading philosophers such as, among others, Lowith, Blumenberg and Habermas (Germany), Gauchet and Nancy (France), Taylor and Bellah (North America). They examine the theory that secularization cannot only be regarded as a cultural change that was forced upon religion from an external source (e.g. science), but should also be considered as a phenomenon triggered by motives internal to religion. If religions are indeed capable of inner transformations, the question arises whether religions can persist in the secular societies they inadvertently helped to bring about, and how secular societies may accommodate religion.

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• Authors: Stijn Latre, Latre Stijn, Walter Van Herck, Gui Vanheeswijck
• Assisted by: Walter Van Herck (Editor), Stijn Latre (Editor), Stijn Latré (Editor), Walter Van Herck (Editor), Guido Vanheeswijck (Editor), Vanheeswijck Guido (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9781628921786
• ISBN: 978-1-62892-178-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Bloomsbury Academic USA
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of religion