LEADER 03266oam 2200709I 450 001 9910783636903321 005 20230617040030.0 010 $a1-134-47078-9 010 $a1-134-47079-7 010 $a1-280-05676-2 010 $a0-203-39848-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203398487 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247371 035 $a(EBL)180794 035 $a(OCoLC)437250838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10321835 035 $a(PQKB)10663045 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180794 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099615 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5676 035 $a(OCoLC)56360085 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247371 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$a2000 years and beyond $efaith, identity, and the 'common era' /$fedited by Paul Gifford. [and others] 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27808-2 311 $a0-415-27807-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index. 327 $aBOOK 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 330 $a2000 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 517 3 $aTwo thousand years and beyond 606 $aChristianity 606 $aReligion 606 $aChristianity$xForecasting 606 $aHumanism 606 $aCapitalism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aChristianity. 615 0$aReligion. 615 0$aChristianity$xForecasting. 615 0$aHumanism. 615 0$aCapitalism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a200/.9/0511 701 $aGifford$b Paul$f1944-$0886575 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783636903321 996 $a2000 years and beyond$93710738 997 $aUNINA