"Religion, Modernity and Postmodernity" is the first book to engage
the study of religion with contemporary theorizing about culture.
It addresses important issues such as whether there are postmodern
forms of religion, whether theories of religion framed in terms of
modernity can be recast to suit new or emerging circumstances, and
how the study of religion can be better integrated with recent
developments in the study of culture.
The book locates the contemporary study of religion in terms of
general theorizing, covering such issues as choice, globalization,
and what postmodern religion might look like. International
perspectives are then introduced, and the postmodernity thesis is
explored in connection with Eastern Europe, Japan and Latin
America, and the "New Europe." Liberalism and fundamentalism are
also addressed in other contexts, including Indonesia.
In the concluding chapters of the volume the emphasis shifts
away from the study of religion and cultural change to how
postmodern thought, such as the rejection of metaphysics of
presence, might serve to open up new theological possibilities.
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