Ward True Religion

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77981-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos

Through reference to plays, poetry, novels, films and painting,this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in thewestern world and makes six controversial claims about the past,present and future of religion.
* * Traces a transformation in the way religion is understood andperformed in the western world.
* Makes several major claims about the past, present and futureof true religion.
* Uses cultural metaphors as ways into understandingreligion.
* Refers to plays, poetry, novels, paintings and films, includingRomeo and Juliet, Moby Dick, The Exorcist and Stigmata.
* Suggests that the end of wars between nations could result in areturn of wars of faith.
* Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Graham

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Religion Before and After Secularism.
2. True Religion and Temporal Gods.
3. True Religion and Consumption.
4. True Religion and Special Effect.
Afterword.
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester. He has been called 'the most visionary theologian of the generation'.