ISBN:
9789004193697
,
9004193693
,
9789004184510
,
9004184511
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 273 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
International studies in religion and society 1573-4293 v. 12
Series Statement:
International studies in religion and society v. 12
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Religions of modernity
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Religions of modernity
DDC:
306.60905
Keywords:
Civilization, Modern 21st century
;
Religion and civilization
;
Civilization, Modern 21st century
;
Social Science
;
Religion and civilization
;
Religion
;
Moderne
;
Neue Religiosität
;
Spiritualität
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion
;
Civilization, Modern
;
Religion and civilization
;
Civilization, Modern
;
21st century
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Religion
;
Gesellschaft
Abstract:
Religions of Modernity' challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that, once unleashed, the modern forces of individualism, science and technology inevitably erode the sacred and evoke the profane. The books chapters, some by established scholars, others by junior researchers, document instead in rich empirical detail how modernity relocates the sacred to the deeper layers of the self and the domain of digital technology. Rather than destroying the sacred tout court, then, the cultural logic of modernization spawns its own religious meanings, unacknowledged spiritualities and magical enchantm
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record
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