The Return to Religion
The Return to Religion

Author: Henry C. Link

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-01-29

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1446778037

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Henry C. Link (1889 - 1952) was a famous psycologist who was alienated from Christian belief for many years, but gradually went back again during his practice as a psycologist. This book reveals the story behind, and it quickly became a best-seller when it was first published in 1936. Its timeless relevance is truly evidenced by its many reprints up to our time.

The Souls of China
The Souls of China

Author: Ian Johnson

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1101870052

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From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today, its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout).

Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion
Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion

Author: Linda Martín Alcoff

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2011-05-19

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0253223040

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Feminist theory and reflections on sexuality and gender rarely make contact with contemporary continental philosophy of religion. Where they all come together, creative and transformative thinking occurs. In Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion, internationally recognized scholars tackle complicated questions provoked by the often stormy intersection of these powerful forces. The essays in this book break down barriers as they extend the richness of each philosophical tradition. They discuss topics such as queer sexuality and religion, feminism and the gift, feminism and religious reform, and religion and diversity. The contributors are Hélène Cixous, Sarah Coakley, Kelly Brown Douglas, Mark D. Jordan, Catherine Keller, Saba Mahmood, and Gianni Vattimo.

Seeing Things Their Way
Seeing Things Their Way

Author: Alister Chapman

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780268022983

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Editors and contributors urge intellectual historians to explore the religious dimensions of ideas and commend the methods of intellectual history to historians of religion.

The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film

Author: John Lyden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1135220662

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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film brings together a lively and experienced team of contributors to investigate the ways in which this exciting discipline is developing.

Returning to Religion
Returning to Religion

Author: Jonathan Benthall

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Published: 2008-10-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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How can one explain the resurgence of religion, even in a western context of rationality and scientific endeavour? Jonathan Benthall explains precisely why societies are not bound to embrace western liberal rationality as an evolutionary inevitability.

Religion Returns to the Public Square
Religion Returns to the Public Square

Author: Hugh Heclo

Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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Despite talk of a "naked public square," religion has never really lost its place in American public life. As the twenty-first century opened, it was re-emerging in unexpected and paradoxical ways. Religious institutions were considered for expanded roles in welfare and education, at the same time that the limits of religious pluralism—as, for example, in the relation of Islam to American values—became a question of urgent public concern. Religion Returns to the Public Square;Faith and Policy in America explores how and why religion has to be mixed up with American politics. Uncovering philosophical, historical, legal, and social roots of this relationship, these essays go beyond hot-button issues to reflect on the current interactions and future possibilities of religion and politics in America.

Beyond the Return of Religion: Art and the Postsecular
Beyond the Return of Religion: Art and the Postsecular

Author: Lieke Wijnia

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 9004411747

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Beyond the Return of Religion: Art and the Postsecular explores the conceptual potential of the postsecular for investigations of (late) modern art and religion. Indicating a public co-existence and merging of religion and the secular, the postsecular is approached as an alternative to the return of religion narrative. Rather than framing artistic concerns with religion as a recurrence after temporary absence, Lieke Wijnia shows how the postsecular allows for seeing the interaction between art and religion as an enduring, albeit transforming relationship of mutual nature. Whereas secularization theories are intrinsically connected to modernity, the postsecular requires a pluralized perspective, covering the processes of secularization, diversification, and spiritualization. The postsecular reinforces the interconnectedness of these processes, which are, in turn, embodied in the concept’s interdisciplinary nature. While this book predominantly focuses on visual art and its institutional context of the museum, the postsecular has interdisciplinary relevance for broader artistic and academic disciplines.

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

Author: Judith Butler

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011-03-02

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 023152725X

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The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does or should religion play in our public lives? Reflecting on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine, Judith Butler explores the potential of religious perspectives for renewing cultural and political criticism, while Jürgen Habermas, best known for his seminal conception of the public sphere, thinks through the ambiguous legacy of the concept of "the political" in contemporary theory. Charles Taylor argues for a radical redefinition of secularism, and Cornel West defends civil disobedience and emancipatory theology. Eduardo Mendieta and Jonathan VanAntwerpen detail the immense contribution of these philosophers to contemporary social and political theory, and an afterword by Craig Calhoun places these attempts to reconceive the significance of both religion and the secular in the context of contemporary national and international politics.