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Interpreting Charles Taylor s Social Theory on Religion and Secularization : A Comparative Study /

This book examines Taylorean social theory, its sources, main characteristics and impact. Charles Taylor s meta-narrative of secularization in the West, prominently contained in his major work A Secular Age (2007), has brought new insight on the social and cultural factors that intervened in such pr...

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Main Authors: McKenzie, Germ n
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, 20
Subjects:
Philosophy
Religion
Philosophy and social sciences
Sociology
Religion and culture
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Religious Studies, general
Sociology of Culture
Sociological Theory
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47700-8
Summary: This book examines Taylorean social theory, its sources, main characteristics and impact. Charles Taylor s meta-narrative of secularization in the West, prominently contained in his major work A Secular Age (2007), has brought new insight on the social and cultural factors that intervened in such process, the role of human agency, and particularly on the contemporary conditions of belief in North America and Europe. This study discusses what Taylor s approach has brought to the scholarly debate on Western secularization, which has been carried on mostly in sociological terms. McKenzie interp
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XV, 207 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319477008
Index Number: B63
CLC: C02
Contents: Part I. Meta-Narrative -- Chapter 1. The Contemporary Landscape of Theories of Secularization -- Chapter 2. Charles Taylor s Account of Secularization (I) -- Chapter 3. Charles Taylor s Account of Secularization (II) -- Part II. Sources -- Chapter 4. Philosophical and Classic Sociological Sources -- Chapter 5. Contemporary Sociological Sources -- Part III. Taylorean Social Theory -- Chapter 6. Interpreting a Social Theory -- Chapter 7. Taylorean Social Theory and the Orthodox and Counter-Orthodox Models -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

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