Do we need religion? : on the experience of self-transcendence /
Joas, Hans,1948-
Joas, Hans,1948-Braucht der Mensch Religion?
Boulder, Colo.; London : Paradigm Publishers,
c2008.
"Originally published in German as Braucht der mensch religion? über erfahrungen der selbsttrauszendenz (Freiburg: Herder, 2003)"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Religious experience -- Do we need religion? -- Religion in the age of contingency -- On the articulation of experience -- Between theology and social science -- Sociology and the sacred : key texts in the sociology of religion -- Sophisticated fundamentalism from the left? on John Milbank -- A Catholic modernity? faith and knowledge in the work of Charles Taylor -- God in France : Paul Ricoeur as theoretical mediator -- Post-secular religion? on Jürgen Habermas -- Human dignity -- Decency, justice, dignity : on Avishai Margalit -- Respect for indisposability : a contribution to the bioethics debate -- Human dignity : the religion of modernity?
Religion