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The Public Significance of Religion (Hardcover)
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The Public Significance of Religion (Hardcover)
Series: Empirical Studies in Theology, 20
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This book reflects on the idea that religion represents a force in
the public realms of society. The empirical evidence reveals a
regained relevance for and commitment to religion re-emerging in
secularized countries, but also that it does so in a new form:
unexpected, foreign, and maybe even dangerous. If religion regains
public significance in social debates, what are its characteristics
in terms of topics and interests, actors and parties? How is this
experienced and evaluated by different groups in society? What are
the motives of religious groups and churches to re-enter the public
domain and are they effective?
What is the importance of religious groups claiming participation
(consulting, steering, and dominating) in public debates? How do
different religious and nonreligious groups evaluate the impact of
religion on the public environment, and under which conditions can
it be regarded to be functional or dysfunctional? Scholars who
address these questions do so from a theological or a religious
studies perspective. They reflect on the phrase public significance
of a religion in its political, cultural, and typical religious
dimension. The book points out what tendencies can be observed when
different religions profile themselves competitively in public
debate, and to what extent ethnic and national identities intervene
in this interreligious interaction.
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