scholarly journals POSTSECULAR RELIGIOSITY AND ITS CONCEPTUAL VERSIONS: FROM "INVISIBLE RELIGION" TO "RELIGION WITHOUT ESSENCE"

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (10(74)) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
V. Mashchytska
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Individual Interest ◽  
Secular World ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Secular Religion ◽  
Cover Up ◽  
Conceptual Version

The article is devoted to the theoretical reconstruction of the of the conceptual version of postsecular religiosity. All the theories clame that the traditional religion can survive today through cover-up it’s religious identity. This is accompanied by the marginalization of religious organizations and an increase in the influence of religion at the level of individual interest. Theological analysis is limited mainly by negative characteristics when describing post-secular religiosity: the devaluation of transcendence and the rejection of dualism (Daniel HervierLeger), the absence of doctrinal boundaries (Thomas Luckmann), the weakening of the ideological core of the doctrine (Roberto Cipriani). The author argues that post-secular religion is an implicit ideology in terms of the way it functions. In the late XX - early XXI century, a number of researchers (U. Eco, S. Zizek, G. Marcuse and others) noted that the imaginary post-ideology of modern society is associated with the formation of a specific type of ideology, which can be designated as "implicit". The post-Christian secular world is also "implicitly" religious. The author reveals the commonality of the processes taking place in the field of religion with the characteristics of the "post-ideological" world and concludes that the religiosity of the post-secular society is most productive to study precisely as part of an implicit ideology.

Fin de siécle and the development of a post-secular religion: intimations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
C.W. du Toit
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
New South ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
African Context ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Secular Religion

AbstractThis article discusses the continued existence and characteristics of religion in a post-secular society and its influences on this society. The religious world is not a-secular and the secular world not a-religious. Attention is given to reasons that the secularisation thesis has not been realised and the role of modernism and pluralism in this development is discussed. Reference is made to the notion of a people's religion and the role of post-secularism in theology and postmodernism are discussed. The new South African context, in which a neutral state which does not promote any specific religion has replaced the previous Christian state, is discussed. Reference is made to the way African traditional religion fits into a post-secular environment. The argument closes with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an example of how the religious and secular interact.

THE REFORM OF WORKING LIFE IN BRITAIN, 1963–1971

2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD WHITING
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Working Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Individual Interest ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Legal Process ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Managerial Authority ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

In the 1960s and 1970s both Conservative and Labour governments passed novel laws dealing with the rights of individuals at work. Overshadowed by conflicts over collective labour law, the political significance of this legislation has remained unexplored. This article suggests that the legislation struck a balance between recognizing the complexity of work in a modern society, and preserving managerial authority. It also argues that the reforms served a Conservative agenda in rooting an individual interest in work in a legal process. This was part of a pivotal challenge to the system of voluntary collective bargaining that had traditionally benefited the labour movement.

Continental Philosophy and Theology

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-105
Author(s):  
Colby Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Theological Turn ◽  
The Face ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Comparative Nature

AbstractContinental philosophy underwent a ‘return to religion’ or a ‘theological turn’ in the late 20th Century. And yet any conversation between continental philosophy and theology must begin by addressing the perceived distance between them: that one is concerned with destroying all normative, metaphysical order (continental philosophy’s task) and the other with preserving religious identity and community in the face of an increasingly secular society (theology’s task). Colby Dickinson argues inContinental Philosophy and Theologyrather that perhaps such a tension is constitutive of the nature of order, thinking and representation which typically take dualistic forms and which might be rethought, though not necessarily abolished. Such a shift in perspective even allows one to contemplate this distance as not opting for one side over the other or by striking a middle ground, but as calling for a nondualistic theology that measures the complexity and inherently comparative nature of theological inquiry in order to realign theology’s relationship to continental philosophy entirely.

scholarly journals Religious security of the Russian Federation as a reflection object of Philosophy and Religious Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 10003
Author(s):  
Artem Zhukov ◽  
Tatyana Bernyukevich
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Religious Associations ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Main Thing

The article is devoted to the philosophical aspects of the discourse on religious security on the territory of the Russian Federation, where religious organizations are recognized as one of the possible threats to modern society. The authors of the article prove that the specificity of threats on the part of religious organizations should be that their motive is to be a doctrine. The article justifies the fact that the commission of unlawful actions by a religious organization is most often justified not by dogma, but by material, secular motives. This leads to the fact that this activity is evaluated in accordance with the degree of harm caused as an extremist one. The novelty of the study is that the authors draw attention to the fact that there are religious associations that are recognized as dangerous, despite the fact that they do not carry out unlawful actions. The degree of danger they represent is determined on the basis of the content of religious texts that are recognized as dangerous if it can be proved that the potential threat contained in them can acquire a real character. The result of the article is the proof that the task of secular religious studies and social philosophy should not be efforts aimed at banning religious organizations that represent not a real threat, but only a potential danger, since the main thing in which these sciences are interested is the development of the theory of social adaptation of religion.

scholarly journals Is dyslexia real or simply a myth in education context?

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 09006
Author(s):  
Ulan Tlemissov ◽  
Gulnara Saparova ◽  
Ermek Abilmazhinov ◽  
Saltanat Karimova ◽  
Zhansaya Tlemissova
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Similar Extent ◽  
Satisfactory Answer ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Cover Up

This paper considers a hot debate ensues in attempt to find a satisfactory answer to the question, ‘Is dyslexia real or simply a myth? This especially comes after remarks from a prominent member in the modern society, the Labour Backbench MP, Mr. Graham Stringer, who asserted that dyslexia was a myth brought forth by education practitioners as cover up for their poor methods of teaching. To a similar extent, the attempt to equally provide a yielding definition for the term dyslexia has also been vain, according to different researchers, the strings of meaning and concepts attached to the term appear to fit their own descriptions and past experiences. The end result of most consequential arguments and debates leave the matter unresolved, this is despite the fact that dyslexia, a type of disorder to many, is a term that has remained quite relevant in most social contexts in recent times. This paper discusses the various arguments that are put forward by main opponents and proponents to the existence of dyslexia, and concludes that dyslexia is a myth, and it is simply a term used broadly to describe the difficulties or limited abilities in demonstrating literary skills, as identified in different people, especially leaners in education contexts

scholarly journals Accounting and power in the society of Buddhism: An analysis of the income and expenditure reports of Toji Temple, 1427–1532

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-52
Author(s):  
Yumiko Sankoji
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Money Management ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

In recent decades, many studies have examined the role of accounting in organizations, the relationship between accounting and power in modern society, and the use of accounting as an instrument to construct a social order and foster interaction within a social context. However, little is known about the use of accounting to exert power in religious organizations – despite these organizations being among the most socially influential entities of pre-modern times. This article seeks to help fill this gap by analyzing the income and expenditure reports of the Komyo-ko-gata of the Toji Temple (1427–1532) in Japan. Two distinctive contributions are made. First, instead of focusing on Christianity, the subject is a Buddhist organization during the Middle Ages. Second, both synchronic and diachronic approaches are applied in this analysis. The findings confirm that accounting can strengthen strained relationships within organizations by facilitating control over information related to money management.

scholarly journals Strong Religion in a Secular Society: The Case of Orthodox Reformed Schools in The Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Exalto ◽  
Gerdien Bertram-Troost
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Religious Schools ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Huge Variety

In the Netherlands, state and religious schools are equally financed by the government. Parents are free to choose a school that optimally fits their moral values as well as their idea of a good education. As a result, there is a huge variety of schools, which include those orthodox Reformed schools that form part of the so-called Bible Belt culture. We elaborate on the complex relation between this religious culture and liberal, secular society by focusing on education. Occasionally, there is severe criticism of schools based on a strong religious identity (so-called strong religious schools), especially when it comes to their allegedly inadequate contribution to citizenship education. In order to add a historical perspective and a reflection on the arguments to the debate, our central research question is: ‘How can the founding and existence of orthodox Reformed schools in the Dutch liberal and secular society be explained and justified?’ Starting with a historical explanation of why the orthodox Reformed founded their own schools in the 1920s, we elaborate on philosophical arguments that can justify the existence of orthodox Reformed schools in a liberal, secular society.

Networked Individualism, Constructions of Community and Religious Identity

2011 ◽  
pp. 264-288
Author(s):  
Paul Emerson Teusner
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Emerging Church ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Emerging Church Movement ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Late Modern ◽  
Networked Individualism

This chapter offers a contribution to the ongoing research into networked individualism in late modern society from the perspective of religion online. Using a sample of weblogs created by Australians involved in the “emerging church movement,” this chapter will explore how the Internet has enabled individuals to seek relationships with others and discern a religious identity beyond the confines of local faith communities and denominational institutions. Here we will see how those who use blogs to form religious networks must negotiate constructions of communal identities, not just offline, but within the blogosphere. These negotiations represent a postmodern quest for authentic religious expression and practice, which is found in the flow of information among a myriad of traditional and new sources.

scholarly journals Struggle for the Right to Cover Up for Family Members: The Significance and Value of the Confucian Thought “Cover Up for Family Members” in Modern Society

Asian Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Wei-Chieh TSENG
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Family Relation ◽  
Identity Recognition ◽  
The Family ◽  
Confucian Thought ◽  
Recognition Theory ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cover Up ◽  
Core Part

The argument for covering up for family members who had committed offenses was a core part of Confucian thinking, and a topic that has long been controversial. This idea tended to be deemed by traditional Legalist scholars and contemporary law-centered scholars as an outdated approach that compromised legal fairness, and thus should not be accepted by contemporary society. However, it is understood through Honneth’s recognition theory that the “law” is in fact merely a principle of recognizing a person’s identity as a member of civil society, and we cannot ignore that man also has an identity of the “family” relation that is connected to “love”. The identity recognition based on the principle of “love” is an intrinsic need of humans, and also an essential link in the establishment of an integrated personality. The desire to cover up for a family member is nothing other than an attempt to rebuild an ethics-centered identity recognition, so as to avoid the materialization of humans by “laws”.

scholarly journals Awkward encounters: Orthodox Jewry and the internet

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoel Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Impact

The role which the mass media plays in modern society means that it has become a sub-agent of contemporary religious identities. This broadens the religious and theological significance of the mass media as an agent for the construction of personal (belief) systems. While in traditional societies, religion is based upon the authority vested in religious bodies, in complex industrial societies individuals construct religious meaning from a variety of sources. In the latter, communication about religious and spiritual issues is increasingly mediated through print and electronic technologies. The internet has accentuated the process of mediation within Judaism by linking Jews, irrespective of whether they belong to physical communal structures, to a virtual, worldwide Jewish community. Yet a key question to be examined here is the impact of the internet upon existing religious communities. This study examines this question by looking at the Israeli case, and the impact of the internet upon the religious identity of Orthodox Jewry.

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