Faith as an option :
Joas, Hans, 1948-
Faith as an option : possible futures for Christianity / Hans Joas ; translated by Alex Skinner. - 1 online resource. - Cultural memory in the present . - Cultural memory in the present. .
"Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religious diversity and the pluralist society -- Religion and violence -- The future of Christianity -- Intellectual challenges for contemporary Christianity -- Conclusion : is Christianity leaving Europe behind?
9780804792783 (electronic bk.) 080479278X (electronic bk.)
Secularism.
Faith.
Church history--21st century.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Electronic books.
BL2747 / J5813 2014eb
270.8/3
Faith as an option : possible futures for Christianity / Hans Joas ; translated by Alex Skinner. - 1 online resource. - Cultural memory in the present . - Cultural memory in the present. .
"Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religious diversity and the pluralist society -- Religion and violence -- The future of Christianity -- Intellectual challenges for contemporary Christianity -- Conclusion : is Christianity leaving Europe behind?
9780804792783 (electronic bk.) 080479278X (electronic bk.)
Secularism.
Faith.
Church history--21st century.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Electronic books.
BL2747 / J5813 2014eb
270.8/3
