Do We Need Religion? : On the Experience of Self-transcendence
by
Hans Joas
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1594514399
ISBN-13
9781594514395
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2008
Print length
164 Pages
Weight
220 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.40 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Religion & beliefsSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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A modern discussion of religion that goes beyond the assumption that modernisation leads to secularisation.
The old assumption that modernization leads to secularization is outdated. Yet the certainty that religion is an anthropological universal that can only be suppressed by governments is also dead. Thus it is now a favorable moment for a new perspective on religion. This book takes human experiences of self-transcendence as its point of departure. Religious faith is seen as an attempt to articulate and interpret such experiences. Faith then is neither useful nor a symptom of weakness or misery, but an opening up of ways of experience. This book develops this basic idea, contrasts it with the thinking of some leading religious thinkers of our time, and relates it to the current debates about human rights and universal human dignity.
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