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Public Religions in the Modern World

Casanova, José·1994·University of Chicago Press eBooks
DOI 10.7208/chicago/9780226190204.001.0001
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"In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to Catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public life, causing the "deprivatization" of religion in contemporary life. No longer content merely to administer pastoral care to individual souls, religious institutions are challenging dominant political and social forces, raising questions about the claims of entities such as nations and markets to be "value neutral", and straining the traditional connections of private and public morality. Casanova looks at five cases from two religious traditions (Catholicism and Protestantism) in four countries (Spain, Poland, Brazil, and the United States). These cases challenge postwar--and indeed post-Enlightenment--assumptions about the role of modernity and secularization in religious movements throughout the world. This book expands our understanding of the increasingly significant role religion plays in the ongoing construction of the modern world." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/93037485.html.

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  • The differentiation of secular spheres from religious institutions and norms concerns not only medicine but also education and art.

    “And this concerns the differentiation of not only the secular sphere of medicine (or the secularization of medicine, if you will) from religious institutions and norms but also education and art, for instance, two social fields in which religious experts were usually quite active in premodern societies.”

    From Distinctions and Differentiations between Medicine and Religion (2020) · cites this paper as Casanova 1994

  • Using Casanova's concept, the Migrant Workers and Wenzhou Businesspeople Churches fall into the category of 'private religions.'

    “Using the concept developed by Casanova (1994), it is clear that the Migrant Workers and Wenzhou Businesspeople Churches fall into the category of 'private religions.'”

    From Striving to Build Civic Communities: Four Types of Protestant Churches in Beijing (2014) · cites this paper as Casanova 1994

  • SW exhibits all of the essential features of a public religion and has gradually developed a public theology by taking an active part in charities, fighting for religious freedom via civil disobedience, defending its values, and striving for the communal good of society.

    “SW exhibits all of the essential features of a public religion and has gradually developed a public theology by taking an active part in charities, fighting for religious freedom via civil disobedience, defending its values, and striving for the communal good of society (Casanova 1994:228-231).”

    From Striving to Build Civic Communities: Four Types of Protestant Churches in Beijing (2014) · cites this paper as Casanova 1994:228-231

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Authors
Casanova, J.
Corresponding author
Casanova, José
ORCID
Casanova, José
Venue
University of Chicago Press eBooks
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1994
DOI
10.7208/chicago/9780226190204.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4229554142
Cited by
3,407
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 226 · 2025: 147 · 2024: 180 · 2023: 201 · 2022: 128 · 2021: 195 · 2020: 197 · 2019: 203 · 2018: 186 · 2017: 162 · 2016: 125 · 2015: 147 · 2014: 160 · 2013: 145 · 2012: 163
FWCI
10.48
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society in Latin America
  • Social Sciences › Law › Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Keywords
religion and modernity, public sphere, privatization of religion, secularization, Islamic fundamentalism, Catholicism, Protestantism, religion and politics, value neutrality, Spain, Poland, Brazil, United States

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