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"Entgegen säkularistischen Auffassungen, die von einer „religionsfeindlichen Gesinnung" bestimmt sind, herrscht in einer postsäkularen Gesellschaft die Überzeugung vor, dass sowohl die religiösen als auch die säkularen Überzeugungen ihrer Bürger für die Gesellschaft unverzichtbar sind. Es geht in der modernen postsäkularen Gesellschaft also weder darum „auf das Aussterben von Religion zu hoffen, noch auf die Rückkehr des christlichen Abendlandes." Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht von der absoluten Relevanz eines Diskurses zwischen religiösen und säkularen Überzeugungen aus. Es scheint nämlich nicht egal zu sein, mit welchen Weltbildern Menschen individuell oder gesellschaftlich unterwegs sind. Vielmehr ist es höchst bedeutsam, welches Potential man den eigenen Weltbildern einräumt und welchen Umgang man mit fremden Weltbildern pflegt."

Secularism --- Postsecularism

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This is the first full-length exploration of New Atheism within its wider social, cultural, intellectual, political contexts. Alan G. Nixon examines other nonreligious currents including the 'rise of the Nones' and the vibrancy of online atheist communities already well under way before the bestsellers Dawkins' The God Delusion (2006) and Hitchens' God is Not Great (2007) came along, alongside the social and political contexts such as 9/11 and concerns over science and religion teaching in schools. The book provides and draws on extensive global ethnographic data from digital fieldwork sites, as well as empirical work from Australia, which has been neglected in research to date, and provides linguistic and cultural data of relevance to scholars particularly in the US, UK and Canada where the movement largely began. New Atheism contributes to theoretical debates regarding (post)secularism, atheism and the field of nonreligion and secularity more broadly. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to know where New Atheism came from, why, and its ongoing impacts on nonreligious thought and culture.

Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Irreligion

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"While the concept of secularization is traditionally used to define the nature of modern culture, and sometimes to uncover the theological origins of secular modernity, its validity is being questioned ever more radically today. Genealogies of the Secular returns to the historical, intellectual, and philosophical roots of this concept in the twentieth-century German debates on religion and modernity, and presents a wide range of strategies that German thinkers have applied to apprehend the connection between religion and secularism. In fundamentally heterogeneous ways, these strategies all developed "genealogies of the secular" by tracing modern phenomena back to their religious or theological roots. This book aims to disclose the complex prehistory of the contemporary debates on political theology and postsecularism, and to show how prominent thinkers continue this German tradition today. It explores and assesses the classic theories of secularization that are epitomized in Carl Schmitt's writings on political theology and in Löwith-Blumenberg debate, but also addresses German philosophers whose work has been rarely associated with secularization (Walter Benjamin, Ernst Cassirer, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, and Hannah Arendt) but who have been concerned nonetheless with the complex relations between religion and modernity. In addition, special attention is paid to two thinkers whose role in these discourses has not been fully explored yet: Jacob Taubes and Jan Assmann. In addition introducing their thinking on religion, politics and secularization, the book also makes two of their own key texts available to an English-language readership"--

Secularization (Theology) --- Secularism --- Postsecularism --- History.

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À un « moment où les groupes de recherche universitaire dédiés à l’étude de la littérature missionnaire se multiplient dans l’espace francophone » (Claude Prudhomme), le besoin s’est fait sentir d’un instrument commun pour mieux comprendre le phénomène de la diffusion et de l’inculturation du christianisme sans cesse renouvelé depuis vingt siècles, les missions ayant été en quelque sorte « un des premiers agents de globalisation » (Alberto Melloni). Éditée par Karthala, la revue Histoire, monde et cultures religieuses (anciennement Histoire & Missions Chrétiennes) a été créée en 2007 dans ce but par l’Association des chercheurs de la revue « Histoire et Missions Chrétiennes » érigée en association Loi 1901. S’il fallait résumer de façon schématique ce qui est au cœur du projet de HMC, nous pourrions en décliner la méthode en trois points : Une discipline scientifique : l’histoire, mais dans l’interdisciplinarité ; Un champ spécifique : les missions chrétiennes, mais au sens large ; Un choix : publier en français, mais traduit du monde entier. HMC ne s’intéresse pas uniquement à l’histoire contemporaine (XIXe-XXIe siècles) mais à tout l’arc temporel et spatial de la diffusion du christianisme à travers l’histoire, des origines à nos jours et dans tous les continents (y compris l’Europe), à raison de quatre numéros par an. L’histoire n’est pas que la poussière du passé, et on ne s’y intéresse, dans le fond, qu’en raison des questions qui taraudent notre présent : en font partie la question des religions du monde et celle du rapport des religions entre elles. Ce qui s’est passé depuis vingt siècles à travers les missions chrétiennes pourrait-t-il donc nous donner à penser pour aujourd’hui et pour demain ? C’est ce que nous croyons à Histoire, monde et cultures religieuses.

Religions --- Secularism --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology)

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Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sectarianism and the so-called death of Arab secularism, Mark Farha addresses the need for a thorough examination of the history of secular thought and practice in the region. By offering a comprehensive, systematic account of the underlying ideological, socio-economic, and political factors involved, Farha provides a new understanding of the historical roots of secularism as well as the potential causes for the continued resistance a fully deconfessionalized state faces both in Lebanon and in the region at large. Drawing on a vast corpus of primary and secondary sources to examine the varying political parties and ideologies involved, this book provides a fresh approach to the study of religion and politics in the Arab world and beyond.

Secularism --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- International relations.