Post-Secular Society

Peter Nynas · Mika Lassander · Terhi Utriainen

2014年11月 · Transaction Publishers

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290

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關於本電子書

Post-Secular Society argues for several characteristics of the secular: the experience of living in a secular age and the experience of living without religion as a normal condition. Religion in the West is often seen as marked by both innovation and disarray. In spite of differing approaches and perspectives of secularization, rational choice and de-secularization, many scholars agree that the West is experiencing a general âresurgenceâ of religion across most Western societies. Post-Secular Society discusses the changes in religion related to globalization and New Age forms of popular religion. The contributors review religion that is rooted in the globalized political economy and the relationship of post-secularism to popular consumer culture. Also reviewed is innovative discourse as a religious belief system, theories of the post-secular, religious, and spiritual well-being, and healing practices in Finland and environmentalism. This paperback edition includes a new preface by Peter NynÃ¤s.

關於作者

Peter Nynäs is head of the department of comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University in Finland and chief editor of Finsk Tidskrift. He is the co-editor of Bridges of Understanding. Mika Lassander received his PhD in religious studies from the Open University, UK in 2010. His work explores the links between values and religious change. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Åbo Akademi University. Terhi Utriainen is senior lecturer in the study of religions and adjunct professor in the study of religions and gender studies at the University of Helsinki.