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Religion and Innovation - Antagonists or Partners? (Hardcover)
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Religion and Innovation - Antagonists or Partners? (Hardcover)
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It is often assumed that religion is the backward-looking servant
of tradition and the status quo, utterly opposed to the new. This
refrain in so much of recent polemical writing has permeated the
public mind and can even be found in academic publications. But
recent scholarship increasingly shows that this view is a gross
simplification - that, in fact, religious beliefs and practices
have contributed to significant changes in human affairs: political
and legal, social and artistic, scientific and commercial. This is
certainly not to say that religion is always innovative. But the
relationship between religion and innovation is much more complex
and instructive than is generally assumed. Religion and Innovation
includes contributions from leading historians, archaeologists, and
social scientists, who offer findings about the relationship
between religion and innovation. The essays collected in this
volume range from discussions of the transformative power of
religion in early societies; to re-examinations of our notions of
naturalism, secularization, and progress; to explorations of
cutting-edge contemporary issues. Combining scholarly rigor with
clear, accessible writing, Religion and Innovation: Antagonists or
Partners? is essential reading for anyone interested in the history
of religion and the ongoing debates about its role in the modern
world and into the future.
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