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Many expected faith to retreat to the private sphere or to surrender before the advance of modernity. Yet in some cultures, faith has both endured the challenges of modernity and mounted its own “religious resurgence.” Investigate the manner in which cultures modernize in unique ways, many of which accommodate or even promote faith.
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Faith and globalization touch on complex topics with multiple perspectives. We note one such point of view here. For additional resources, please visit our list of Other Resources.
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Paul's Primer for Politics
John Danforth
This article is reprinted from Yale Divinity School's Reflections Fall 2007 edition. Christianity does not give us an agenda for American politics.It does not provide policy positions that we can identify with certainty as being Christian.What it does offer is an approach, a way of thinking about and engaging in politics that is highly relevant to our ability to live together as one nation, despite our strongly held differences.
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Included here is a comprehensive listing of resources related to the topic of Secularization, Religious Resurgence, and Multiple Modernities, including original content, commentary, articles and podcasts. | |
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Faith and Modernity |
To 19th-century thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Weber, the course of history seemed clear: as a nation became more prosperous, it would become more secular. But has this proved true? Explore four examples in this Yale SOM case study.
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