Radical Secularization? : An Inquiry into the Religious Roots of Secular Cult...

Radical Secularization? : An Inquiry into the Religious Roots of Secular Culture, Paperback by Latré, Stijn (EDT); Van Herck, Walter (EDT); Vanheeswijck, Guido (EDT), ISBN 1501322680, ISBN-13 9781501322686, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USWhat does it mean for a society to be secular? Answering this question from a philosophical angle, <i>Radical Secularization?</i> delves into the philosophical presuppositions of secularization. Which cultural evolutions made secularization possible? International scholars from different disciplines assess the answers given by many leading philosophers such as, among others, Löwith, Blumenberg and Habermas (Germany), Gauchet and Nancy (France), Taylor and Bellah (North America). They examine the theory that secularization cannot only be regarded as a cultural change that was forced upon religion from an <i>external </i>source (. science), but should also be considered as a phenomenon triggered by motives <i>internal </i>to religion. If religions are indeed capable of inner transformations, the question arises whether religions can persist in the secular societies they inadvertently helped to bring about, and how secular societies may accommodate religion.