A New Paradigm for the Study of Religion: A Re-examination

The assumptions of traditional secularization theory continue to be applied to contemporary religious experience. In an increasingly individualized society, and especially since the advent of the internet, it may be quite pointless to use such theory to explain religious life by comparing current re...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: McMullin, Steve (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Equinox [2010]
Στο/Στη: Implicit religion
Έτος: 2010, Τόμος: 13, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 3-16
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Religion & Sociology
B RELIGION & culture
B Pluralism
B RELIGION; Social aspects
B Secularization (Theology)
B Theory
B Secularization
B Religious Life
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Σύνοψη:The assumptions of traditional secularization theory continue to be applied to contemporary religious experience. In an increasingly individualized society, and especially since the advent of the internet, it may be quite pointless to use such theory to explain religious life by comparing current religious experience with a more traditional religious past. This paper argues that the old secularization paradigm fails to consider ways that religious groups reflexively react to changing social circumstances, and that it does not explain ways that religion itself has changed in a globalized world. The idea ofa new paradigm is re-examined with regard to its potential to understand contemporary religious life.
ISSN:1743-1697
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.v13i1.3