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Evaluation of the Impact of Pluralism on Secularization of People of Higher Education [PDF]

open access: yesIslām va ̒ulūm-i ijtimā̒ī
Various reasons have been proposed for the secularization of people of higher education. The research studies whether pluralism can explain these people’s secularization, in a constructionalism theoretical framework.
Majid Kafi
doaj  

Examining Islamic Economic Thought in the Context of Comparative Historical Economic Sociology

open access: yesİstanbul İktisat Dergisi, 2022
This paper discusses Islamic economic thought in the context of economic sociology. To do so, it utilizes the comparative historical method, which holds central importance for theorists of economic sociology.
Onur Dündar
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The Social Truth of Schopenhauer's ‘Metaphysics of Pity’: Compassion and Critical Theory

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Taking Horkheimer and Adorno's account of pity in the Dialectic of Enlightenment as my starting point, I show that Schopenhauer's compassion‐based moral theory exemplifies key elements of this account. In particular, this moral theory will be shown to possess a social truth for Horkheimer and Adorno because it is an expression of a wrong ...
David James
wiley   +1 more source

‘Neither Victim nor Executioner’: Essential Insights from Secularization Theory for the Revitalization of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Contemporary World

open access: yesReligions, 2017
This essay explores two recent expressions of hostility towards secularization by Russian Orthodox officials (one from the Holy Synod of ROCOR and the other from Metropolitan Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev), and evaluates the likely consequences of this ...
Rico G. Monge
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
wiley   +1 more source

A kênósis entre o sagrado e o profano: a política e a secularização em Kierkegaard e seu dialogo com algumas das teses de Vattimo [PDF]

open access: yesPrincípios, 2008
One of the objectives of this article is analyses the thematic of politicsand secularization second the philosopher Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Two works ofthis thinker will be specially analised here: The Individual and The Practice ofChristianity.
Marcio Gimenes de Paula
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Public Theology as Mediation: Navigating the Dutch Protestant Church's Public Calling in a Hypermediated World☆

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
wiley   +1 more source

La Secolarità o Europa

open access: yesPhenomenology and Mind, 2015
The author asserts the identity between Europe and secularization. Secularization not only as a process of unchristianizing and laicization, but especially in the meaning of term given by Karl Löwith, or as immanentizing of eschaton.
Marco Bruni
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Good Public Theology is Twilight Theology. A Constructive Deconstruction of Public Theology

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article outlines the basic features of a good public theology that is inspired by Paul’s description of the situation of the church and Christians: ‘The night has passed, the day is not far distant’ (Rom 13:12). In his analysis of the present, the author identifies eight specific challenges of contemporary culture – challenges that have so
Günter Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

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