TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joas,Hans
TI  - Faith as an option: possible futures for Christianity 
T2  - Cultural memory in the present
SN  - 9780804792783 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL2747 J5813 2014eb
U1  - 270.8/3 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Secularism
KW  - Faith
KW  - Church history
KW  - 21st century
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Church / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "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?
UR  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=796681
ER  -