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Postsecular Cities Justin Beaumont

Postsecular Cities By Justin Beaumont

Postsecular Cities by Justin Beaumont


Summary

Reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth, which witnessed the advance of human rationality and technological progress, including urbanisation, and called into question the public and cultural significance of religion.

Postsecular Cities Summary

Postsecular Cities: Space, Theory and Practice by Justin Beaumont

This book reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth, which witnessed the advance of human rationality and technological progress, including urbanisation, and called into question the public and cultural significance of religion. In this century, by contrast, religion, faith communities and spiritual values have returned to the centre of public life, especially public policy, governance, and social identity. Rapidly diversifying urban locations are the best places to witness the emergence of new spaces in which religions and spiritual traditions are creating both new alliances but also bifurcations with secular sectors. Postsecular Cities examines how the built environment reflects these trends. Recognizing that the 'turn to the postsecular' is a contested and multifaceted trend, the authors offer a vigorous, open but structured dialogue between theory and practice, but even more excitingly, between the disciplines of human geography and theology. Both disciplines reflect on this powerful but enigmatic force shaping our urban humanity. This unique volume offers the first insight into these interdisciplinary and challenging debates. The relationship between religion and politics is both fascinating and challenging, and recent years have seen substantial changes in the way this relationship is studied.

Postsecular Cities Reviews

'Led by two influential scholars, this volume brings together a rich diversity of contributions from theology and social science disciplines to elaborate on the postsecular city, including its expressions and limitations. The volume promises to stimulate further dialogue about the simultaneous rapprochement and bifurcation between the sacred and the secular in the city. Consequently, both advocates and critics of the postsecular city will be challenged to think more deeply about the place of religion, faith and spirituality in the contemporary city.' Professor Lily Kong, National University of Singapore -- Professor Lily Kong
Reviewed in Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions.

About Justin Beaumont

Christopher R. Baker is Director of Research for the William Temple Foundation and Lecturer in Urban Theology at the University of Manchester, UK. Justin Beaumont is Lecturer at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen in The Netherlands and one of the lead partners in the EU-7FP FACIT project.

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I: Mapping the Theoretical Terrain; Part II: Competing Experiences of Postsecular Cities; Part III: Postsecular Policies and Praxis; Part IV: Theological and Secular Interpretations; Conclusion: Postsecular Cities - Future Directions?

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NLS9781441144256
9781441144256
1441144250
Postsecular Cities: Space, Theory and Practice by Justin Beaumont
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Continuum Publishing Corporation
20110616
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