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Desecularization of the World by P Berger

Theorists of secularization have for two centuries been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But today, much of the world is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing instead that modernization more often strengthens religion.

Seven leading cultural observers examine several regions and several religions and explain the resurgence of religion in world politics. Peter L. Berger opens with a global overview. The other six writers deal with particular aspects of the religious scene: George Weigel, with Roman Catholicism;David Martin, with the evangelical Protestant upsurge not only in the Western world but also in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific rim, China, and Eastern Europe; Jonathan Sacks, with Jews and politics in the modern world; Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, with political Islam in national politics and international relations; Grace Davie, with Europe as perhaps the exception to the desecularization thesis; and Tu Weiming, with religion in the People's Republic of China.

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Berger, Peter L.: - Peter L. Berger is senior research fellow and founder ofthe Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs atBoston University. His many previous books include TheDesecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and WorldPolitics and (with Anton Zijderveld) In Praise ofDoubt: How to Have Convictions without Becoming aFanatic.
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ISBN 13 9780802846914
ISBN 10 0802846912
Title Desecularization of the World
Author P Berger
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Year published 1999-07-01
Number of pages 135
Prizes Winner of Christianity Today Book Award (Missions/Global Affairs) 2000
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