| Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital Contributor(s): Aupers, Stef (Editor), Houtman, Dick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004184511 ISBN-13: 9789004184510 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.609 |
| Series: International Studies in Religion and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.36 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Religions of Modernity' challenges the social-scientific orthodoxy that, once unleashed, the modern forces of individualism, science and technology inevitably erode the sacred and evoke the profane. The book's chapters, some by established scholars, others by junior researchers, document instead in rich empirical detail how modernity relocates the sacred to the deeper layers of the self and the domain of digital technology. Rather than destroying the sacred tout court, then, the cultural logic of modernization spawns its own religious meanings, unacknowledged spiritualities and magical enchantments. The classical theoretical accounts of modernity by Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and others, it is argued in the introductory chapter, already hinted that there's a future for such religions of modernity. |