Religion in the Secular Age : : Perspectives from the Humanities / / ed. by Herta Nagl-Docekal, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Abbey, Ruth,; Birkle, Carmen,; Caputo, John D.,; Celestini, Federico,; Hochgeschwender, Michael,; Irmscher, Christoph,; Junker-Kenny, Maureen,; Kajon, Irene,; Moran, Brendan,; Nagl, Ludwig,; Nagl-Docekal, Herta,; Pihlström, Sami,; Postl, Getrude,; Reagan Wilson, Charles,; Siebald, Manfred,; Staines, David,; Sweet, William,; Türschmann, Jörg,; Viertbauer, Klaus,; Woldan, Alois,; Zacharasiewicz, Waldemar,
• HerausgeberIn: Nagl-Docekal, Herta,; Zacharasiewicz, Waldemar,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Wiener Reihe : Themen der Philosophie , 22
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 376 p.)

What does it mean to be religious believers for people whose living conditions are defined by an increasingly secularized environment? Is the common distinction between faith and knowledge valid? The 21 essays cover approaches from various fields of the humanities. Some explore post-Kantian thoughts, discussing, i.a., American Pragmatism, M. Buber, M. Horkheimer, H. Putnam, J. Habermas, Ch. Taylor and variants of deconstruction, while other essays focus on ways in which the conflict between agnostics and seekers is addressed in US literary works, as in Fl. O’Connor, W. Percy, N. Hawthorne, J. Updike and in novels dealing with pandemics, for instance by L. Wright, E. M. Wiseman and R. Cook. Historical studies examine the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in the American South and neo-scholastic objections to modernity. Theological issues are being re-framed in essays discussing the relevance of pluralism, the relation of religious conviction and public opinion, the situation of scientists who believe and the thoughts of N. Frye and M. McLuhan. Finally, essays pay attention to religious aspects in works of art, e.g. in Ukrainian poetry, G. Mahler’s symphonies and in a TV show presenting new “American Gods” of globalization.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Religion in the Secular Age -- Part I Post-Kantian Approaches to Religion -- God as the Infinite: Martin Buber’s Interpretation of Kant’s Concept of Religion -- (Secular) Theodicy, Antitheodicy, and the Critique of Meaning: Pragmatist Reflections -- Beyond Dogmatic Scientism: Hilary Putnam on Religious Faith -- Angles and Angels: Charles Taylor and Steven Pinker on Moral Progress in History -- Part II Religion in Critical Theory and Deconstruction -- Benjamin’s Time of Healing: The Messianic as Remembrance, Happiness, and Justice -- Re-considering the Distinction between Atheists and Believers, or: Max Horkheimer’s Reading of Kant -- Defining What is “Extraterritorial”: Religion and Utopia in Habermas and Ricoeur -- Secularizing Both Religion and Reason: Upending the Secular/Religious Distinction -- This Incredible Need to Believe: Julia Kristeva’s Reinvention of Secular Humanism at the Crossroad of Religion, Psychoanalysis, and Politics -- Part III Religion in U.S. Literature and Politics in a Global Context -- Critical Perspectives on Self-Sufficing Humanism in Southern Fiction -- The Southern Civil Religion: The Intermingling of the Sacred and the Secular in the American South -- Catholicism in Defense? Roman Catholic Answers to the Quest for Modernity -- Competing Quests for a Hidden God in John Updike’s Roger’s Version -- Science and Religion in U.S.-American Pandemic Literature -- Part IV Re-Framing Theological Issues and Individual Convictions -- Philosophical Pluralism and Religious Faith in a Secular Age -- Religious Convictions and Public Reason: On the Way to a Two-Stage Epistemology of Religion -- Scientists Who Believe: From Louis Agassiz to Katharine Hayhoe -- Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan: Two Canadian Christian Thinkers -- Part V Religion in Poetry, Music and Visual Media -- Religious Aspects of Ukrainian Poetry – The Case of Vasyl′ Stus -- Gustav Mahler’s Symphonic Transcendence and Its Counterparts -- Serial Baroque in the TV Show American Gods -- List of Contributors -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects