Book Summary
What has happened to religion in modern times? Why has it happened? What might happen next? This volume is the first to bring together a comprehensive selection of readings which illustrate and analyse religion's encounters with the forces of modernization - including nationalism, capitalism, colonialism, democracy, gender and identity politics. Drawing on scholarly analysis, empirical research and vivid concrete examples, the book offers a picture of a religious world which is increasingly characterized by the coexistence of: Old faiths and new spiritualities A turn to tradition and a turn to experience Decline and revival Privatization and political militancy Tolerance and intolerance" Religion in Modern Times" offers a new framework and language for making sense of religion today. This book brings together over 300 important readings on religion in modern times, offering a new framework and language for making sense of religion today.
Book Details
| Book Name | Religion In Modern Times: An Interpretive Anthology |
| Author | Woodhead, Heelas, Paul Heelas |
| Publisher | Wiley-blackwell (April 2000, Wiley-blackwell) |
| ISBN | 9780631210733 |
| Pages | 536 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 6378 |
