Bibliography: BIB36636

Key	BIB36636
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Post-Secularism in a World-Historical Light : The Axial Age Thesis as an Alternative to Secularization
Journal	Religions : Open Access Journal of Theology
Author	Schewel, Benjamin
Year	2018
Date	2018
Epub date2	24 April 2018
Volume	9
ISSN	2077-1444
Abstract	The secularization thesis claims that religion will lose it public influence as the forces of modernity advance. This hypothesis has long functioned as a paradigm within the humanities and social sciences. However, due to the apparent “resurgence” of publicly influential religion throughout the world in recent years, scholars have recognized that a “straightforward narrative of progress from the religious to the secular” is no longer viable. I describe the current state of narrative perplexity regarding the changing place of religion in the modern world as the “post-secular problematic.” The aim of this article is to examine the contours of one specific post-secular narrative of religious change—the one that has crystallized around the concept of the axial age—and consider how it can be used to reconceptualize the public role of religion in the modern world.
Notes	Bahá'í Faith: p. 6.
Language	English
Keywords	SECULARISM; RELIGION; AXIAL AGE
URL	http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/5/139/pdf
DOI	10.3390/rel9050139
Pages	1–7
Legal note	11.
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