The Plight of Western Religion - The Eclipse of the Other-Worldly

Argues that science's focus on the natural has displaced the supernatural in Western religion, such that it is now largely reduced to a concern for liberal causes.

About the author

Paul Gifford is Emeritus Professor of Religion at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of several works on African Christianity, including African Christianity: Its Public Role; Ghana's New Christianity: Pentecostalism in a Globalizing African Economy; and Christianity, Politics and Public Life in Kenya,

Product details

• Authors: Paul Gifford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780190095871
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009587-1
• No. of pages: 173
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Geschichte der Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Religion - Church History