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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808474603321

Titolo

2000 years and beyond : faith, identity, and the 'common era' / / edited by Paul Gifford ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-47078-9

1-134-47079-7

1-280-05676-2

0-203-39848-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GiffordPaul <1944->

Disciplina

200/.9/0511

Soggetti

Christianity

Religion

Christianity - Forecasting

Humanism

Capitalism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Postmodernism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 2000 years: looking backwards and forwards; 2 Progress and abyss; 3 Enlightenment humanism as a relic of Christian monotheism; 4 Historiography and the representation of the past; 5 The future of human nature; 6 The mimetic theory of religion: an outline; 7 Second comings: neo-Protestant ethics and millennial capitalism in Africa, and elsewhere; 8 Can a premodern bible address a postmodern world?; 9 Conclusion: dialogue on the 'Common Era'; Notes; Bibliography and further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from which Western cultural identity has evolved.



Their plural reflections raise searching questions about how we move from past to future - and about who 'we' are. What do the catastrophes of the twentieth century signify for hopes of progress? Can post - Enlightenment humanism and its notion of