The Desecularization of the World
Subtitle: Resurgent Religion and World Politics
Contributors: Peter L. Berger (Editor); Jonathan Sacks (Editor); David Martin (Editor); Tu Weiming (Editor); George Weigel (Editor); Grace Davie (Editor); Abdullahi A. An-Naim (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780802846914
Subjects: Christian theology; Philosophy of religion; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - General; Secularism; Social Science; Religion; History; Comparative Religion; Religion And Politics; Sociology of Religion; Congresses
First sentence: A few years ago the first volume coming out of the so-called Fundamentalism Project landed on my desk.
Description: "For Two Centuries theorists of "secularization" have been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But much of the world today is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing that while modernization does have secularizing effects, it also provokes a reaction that more often strengthens religion. Seven expert social observers examine several geopolitical regions and several religions - Catholic and Protestant Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam - and explore the resurgence of religion in world affairs."--BOOK JACKET.