The Secular City : : Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective /

The Secular City : : Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective / / Harvey Cox.

Since its initial publication in 1965, The Secular City has been hailed as a classic for its nuanced exploration of the relationships among the rise of urban civilization, the decline of hierarchical, institutional religion, and the place of the secular within society. Now, half a century later, thi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Cox, Harvey,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2014
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:With a New introduction by the author
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the New Edition
  • The Secular City
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. The Coming of The Secular City
  • 1. The Biblical Sources of Secularization
  • 2. The Shape of the Secular City
  • 3. The Style of the Secular City
  • 4. The Secular City in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • Part Two. The Church in The Secular City
  • 5. Toward a Theology of Social Change
  • 6. The Church as God’s Avant-garde
  • 7. The Church as Cultural Exorcist
  • Part Three. Excursions in Urban Exorcism
  • 8. Work and Play in the Secular City
  • 9. Sex and Secularization
  • 10. The Church and the Secular University
  • Part Four. God and The Secular Man
  • 11. To Speak in a Secular Fashion of God
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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