Secularization & Religious Resurgence
| December 3,2009
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about whether we are witnessing religious resurgence or the last gasp of religion.
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Yale's Faith And Globalization Resources
Pericles Lewis, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale University, is the author of Modernism, Nationalism, and the Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2000). He is currently working on a book on religious experience in the modernist novel, from which the essay in this issue is drawn.
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Churchgoing in the Modern Novel
Pericles Lewis, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale University, is the author of Modernism, Nationalism, and the Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2000). He is currently working on a book on religious experience in the modernist novel, from which the essay in this issue is drawn.
Pericles Lewis
Pericles Lewis, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale, argues that the modernist novel cannot be simply described as a genre depicting a world without God or religion. Rather, it should be seen as an experiment in rekindling notions of sacredness outside institutionalized religion or traditional concepts of the divine.
Pericles Lewis, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale, argues that the modernist novel cannot be simply described as a genre depicting a world without God or religion. Rather, it should be seen as an experiment in rekindling notions of sacredness outside institutionalized religion or traditional concepts of the divine.
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about whether we are witnessing religious resurgence or the last gasp of religion.
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about whether we are witnessing religious resurgence or the last gasp of religion.
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about whether and how socioeconomic factors need to be considered in analyzing religious identity.
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about whether and how socioeconomic factors need to be considered in analyzing religious identity.
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about how globalization might contribute to religious diversification.
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about how globalization might contribute to religious diversification.
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"Smorgasbord" Religiosity
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about the virtues of smorgasbord religiosity.
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, responds to a students question about the virtues of smorgasbord religiosity.
Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, explores the relationship between faiths and the forces of secularization.
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, explores the relationship between faiths and the forces of secularization.
Ates Altinordu, Philip S. Gorski
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski respond to a question about the possibility that secularism as a movement could adopt the same models of success that have worked for religious movements, and the potential obstacles it would face.
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski respond to a question about the possibility that secularism as a movement could adopt the same models of success that have worked for religious movements, and the potential obstacles it would face.
Ates Altinordu, Philip S. Gorski
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski respond to a query on the differences between the French and American reactions to Muslim immigrants, whether the reactions were fueled by a religious objection or fear of terrorism, and whether these differences hing upon the political histories and cultures of the respective countries.
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski respond to a query on the differences between the French and American reactions to Muslim immigrants, whether the reactions were fueled by a religious objection or fear of terrorism, and whether these differences hing upon the political histories and cultures of the respective countries.
Ates Altinordu, Philip S. Gorski
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski answer a question about the disparity between mainline Protestantism's decline and the rise of the Evangelical church, citing the vast birthrate differences in the respective denominations as a key factor.
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski answer a question about the disparity between mainline Protestantism's decline and the rise of the Evangelical church, citing the vast birthrate differences in the respective denominations as a key factor.
Ates Altinordu, Philip S. Gorski
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski answer a question on why Catholic countries generally don't fit into the economic model they had presented.
Ates Altinordu and Philip S. Gorski answer a question on why Catholic countries generally don't fit into the economic model they had presented.
David Martin
David Martin responds to a student question about the rise on Pentecostalism, which is based on mobility and accessibility, and Fundamentalist Islam.
David Martin responds to a student question about the rise on Pentecostalism, which is based on mobility and accessibility, and Fundamentalist Islam.
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The dynamics of religious giving
David Martin
David Martin responds to a student asking about the phenomenon of people donating to churches even when they need essentials like food. Is this sacred exploitation or does it serve a purpose?
David Martin responds to a student asking about the phenomenon of people donating to churches even when they need essentials like food. Is this sacred exploitation or does it serve a purpose?
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Pacifism and religions in power
David Martin
David Martin responds to a student asking about pacifism in religions that become part of a power system that is based on force.
David Martin responds to a student asking about pacifism in religions that become part of a power system that is based on force.
David Martin | November 10,2008
David Martin responds to a a student asking about Nigeria, and the role that religion plays in areas where the political model is unstable or corrupt.
David Martin responds to a a student asking about Nigeria, and the role that religion plays in areas where the political model is unstable or corrupt.
David Martin
David Martin answers a student who asks about the churches in Africa and how Catholicism and Pentecostalism might progress in the future.
David Martin answers a student who asks about the churches in Africa and how Catholicism and Pentecostalism might progress in the future.
Miroslav Volf, David Martin
Professor Miroslav Volf introduces the topic to the class and then David Martin delivers his lecture.
Professor Miroslav Volf introduces the topic to the class and then David Martin delivers his lecture.
Miroslav Volf
Professor Miroslav Volf sits down with David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, to discuss the state of faiths in the world today and whether the "secularization thesis" is proving accurate.
Professor Miroslav Volf sits down with David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, to discuss the state of faiths in the world today and whether the "secularization thesis" is proving accurate.
Miroslav Volf | September 6,2008
Religious vitality across the globe shows no signs of diminishing in the near future. Examine the demographically extensive reach of faiths and the publicly intensive expression of these faiths.
Religious vitality across the globe shows no signs of diminishing in the near future. Examine the demographically extensive reach of faiths and the publicly intensive expression of these faiths.
Miroslav Volf | September 6,2008
As modernity has advanced across the world, some people are surprised that in most societies faith not been relegated to the private sphere or altogether abandoned. Investigate the manner in which cultures modernize in unique ways, many of which accommodate or even promote religious belief and practice.
As modernity has advanced across the world, some people are surprised that in most societies faith not been relegated to the private sphere or altogether abandoned. Investigate the manner in which cultures modernize in unique ways, many of which accommodate or even promote religious belief and practice.
Yale University Netcast: Jon Butler
In this Netcast, Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American studies, delivers a talk on religion in twentieth century America.
In this Netcast, Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American studies, delivers a talk on religion in twentieth century America.
Other Yale Resources
Globalization and God – Part II
YaleGlobal | November 28, 2006
Historian Bruce Mazlish argues for the need for nations with state religions to adopt a secular mode of political engagement in order to flourish in our globalized world.
YaleGlobal | November 28, 2006
Historian Bruce Mazlish argues for the need for nations with state religions to adopt a secular mode of political engagement in order to flourish in our globalized world.
Globalization's Challenge to Islam
Riaz Hassan
Sociologist and scholar of Islam Riaz Hassan highlights the tensions globalization brings to the diversity present in the Muslim world, and argues for the acceptance of diffuse and differentiated Islamic communities rather than a monolithic notion of Islam.
Riaz Hassan
Sociologist and scholar of Islam Riaz Hassan highlights the tensions globalization brings to the diversity present in the Muslim world, and argues for the acceptance of diffuse and differentiated Islamic communities rather than a monolithic notion of Islam.
Cartoon Jihad
Sadanand Dhume
Sadanand Dhume reviews what was at stake in the world-wide protests by many in the Islamic community of the Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. The same forms of technology and interconnection mobilized members on both sides of the debate, with each camp seeking to uphold its own sets of values.
Sadanand Dhume
Sadanand Dhume reviews what was at stake in the world-wide protests by many in the Islamic community of the Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. The same forms of technology and interconnection mobilized members on both sides of the debate, with each camp seeking to uphold its own sets of values.
External Resources
The Immanent Frame
Social Science Research Council
This Social Science Research Council blog provides a forum for scholars and practitioners to discuss secularism and religion in the public sphere.
Social Science Research Council
This Social Science Research Council blog provides a forum for scholars and practitioners to discuss secularism and religion in the public sphere.
The New Faces of Christianity: Bible Believers in the Global South
Philip Jenkins, Carnegie Council Podcast | October 11,2006
Philip Jenkins delivers a speech at the Carnegie Council on Religion and Politics, and discusses the phenomena that prompted his latest book: the rapid rise of Christianity in parts of Africa and Asia.
Philip Jenkins, Carnegie Council Podcast | October 11,2006
Philip Jenkins delivers a speech at the Carnegie Council on Religion and Politics, and discusses the phenomena that prompted his latest book: the rapid rise of Christianity in parts of Africa and Asia.
Faith and Conflict: The Global Rise of Christianity
Mark Noll and Michael Nazir-Ali | November 3,2009
In the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations, Nazir-Ali, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester, and church historian Noll discuss the recent upsurge in Christianity, in particular in the global south. This transcript records their thoughts on Christianity’s connections with market forces, as well as the dynamics of its encounter with Islam.
Mark Noll and Michael Nazir-Ali | November 3,2009
In the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations, Nazir-Ali, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester, and church historian Noll discuss the recent upsurge in Christianity, in particular in the global south. This transcript records their thoughts on Christianity’s connections with market forces, as well as the dynamics of its encounter with Islam.
Globalization and the Rise of Religion
Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett | November 3,2009
Experts once predicted that as the world grew more modern, religion would decline. Precisely the opposite has proven true; religious movements are surging and driving "alternative globalizations" across the world. Two leading thinkers offer a penetrating view of how and why religion of all kinds is shaping the global economy and political order.
Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett | November 3,2009
Experts once predicted that as the world grew more modern, religion would decline. Precisely the opposite has proven true; religious movements are surging and driving "alternative globalizations" across the world. Two leading thinkers offer a penetrating view of how and why religion of all kinds is shaping the global economy and political order.
Globalizing the Sacred
Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett | November 3,2009
In this audio clip, Vásquez discusses his belief that in the global age, religious dynamics may have a boomerang effect across the Americas with dramatic consequences. In addition, he explores how religion will shape the increasing Hispanic population and how religion itself might be changed.
Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett | November 3,2009
In this audio clip, Vásquez discusses his belief that in the global age, religious dynamics may have a boomerang effect across the Americas with dramatic consequences. In addition, he explores how religion will shape the increasing Hispanic population and how religion itself might be changed.
Formations of the Secular
Asia Source: An Interview with Talal Asad | November 3,2009
This transcript records the words of noted author and professor Talal Asad as he speaks about the current state of the Middle East, the religious revivalist movement, human rights, Shariah law and the modern state.
Asia Source: An Interview with Talal Asad | November 3,2009
This transcript records the words of noted author and professor Talal Asad as he speaks about the current state of the Middle East, the religious revivalist movement, human rights, Shariah law and the modern state.
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