{"product_id":"9781846311871","title":"Secularization and the World Religions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe question of religion, its contemporary and future significance, and its role in state and society is currently perceived by many people as being of great urgency and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social science. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics, and counter rash hypotheses such as the 'clash of civilizations'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is concerned with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits and future of secularization. The first part deals with major religious traditions and their explicit or implicit ideas about the individual, social and political order. The second part gives an overview of the religious situation in important geographical areas. Additional contributions analyse the legal organization of the relationship between state and religion in a global perspective and the role of the natural sciences in the process of secularization. The contributors include internationally renowned scholars such as Winfried Brugger, José Casanova, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Hans Joas, Hans G. Kippenberg, Gudrun Krämer, David Martin, Eckart Otto and Rudolf Wagner.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049685926128,"sku":"9781846311871","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846311871_p0.jpg?v=1769894524","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846311871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}