RT Article
T1 Interreligious Dialogue as a Response to Processes of Secularization: A New Perspective on the World’s Parliament of Religions
JF Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
VO 6
IS 2
SP 513
OP 532
A1 Lehmann, Karsten 1971-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1749484358
AB Abstract This article proposes secularization theory as a tool to better understand the rationale of IRD -activities. To make this point, it starts with a review of present-day secularisation theories. On this basis, the article presents an analysis of the concept of the secular used in the context of the so-called ‘1893 – World’s Parliament of Religions’. In a final step, the author argues that IRD -activities have to be understood on the basis of an implicit juxtaposition of ‘the religious’ and ‘the secular’. They try to present a ‘religious voice’ as a response to a context perceived as being secular.
K1 secularization theory
K1 Europe
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Interreligious Dialogue
DO 10.30965/23642807-00602014