03279nam 22007214a 450 991080847460332120200520144314.01-134-47078-91-134-47079-71-280-05676-20-203-39848-310.4324/9780203398487 (CKB)1000000000247371(EBL)180794(OCoLC)437250838(SSID)ssj0000285920(PQKBManifestationID)11235562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285920(PQKBWorkID)10321835(PQKB)10663045(MiAaPQ)EBC180794(Au-PeEL)EBL180794(CaPaEBR)ebr10099615(CaONFJC)MIL5676(OCoLC)56360085(EXLCZ)99100000000024737120020601d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccr2000 years and beyond faith, identity, and the 'common era' /edited by Paul Gifford ... [et al.]London ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-27808-2 0-415-27807-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index.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; Index2000 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 ofTwo thousand years and beyondChristianityReligionChristianityForecastingHumanismCapitalismReligious aspectsChristianityPostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianityChristianity.Religion.ChristianityForecasting.Humanism.CapitalismReligious aspectsChristianity.PostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianity.200/.9/0511Gifford Paul1944-886575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK99108084746033212000 years and beyond4087853UNINA