Faith as an option : possible futures for Christianity - Joas, Hans, 1948- (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014)
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?
"Originally published in German in 2012 under the title Glaube als Option."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Secularism; Faith; Church history -- 21st century; RELIGION / Christian Church / History; RELIGION / Christianity / History; Electronic books