Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights
Some contemporary social phenomena, despite secularization, are still linked to religion. However, this same secularization seems to have accompanied a progressive process of religious illiteracy. Therefore, the capacity to address religious inspired issues is lower than the magnitude of the problem...
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| author | Sergio García-Magariño Oscar Prieto-Flores Carmen Innerarity Grau |
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| description | Some contemporary social phenomena, despite secularization, are still linked to religion. However, this same secularization seems to have accompanied a progressive process of religious illiteracy. Therefore, the capacity to address religious inspired issues is lower than the magnitude of the problems at work, be violent right-wing movement and Islamist terrorism or ethical debates on the beginning and end of life, to name but a few. Hence, this paper aims to fulfil three goals: to revisit secularism and some liberal assumptions that might prevent a correct understanding of these phenomena, to assess some of the consequences of the critique of ideologies and to propose an alternative approach to address religious inspired social phenomena. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dd9a185c2b54e429fa1c4eecef52d132023-12-01T00:17:17ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-01-011416810.3390/rel14010068Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious InsightsSergio García-Magariño0Oscar Prieto-Flores1Carmen Innerarity Grau2I-Communitas Institute for Advanced Social Research, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, SpainDepartment of Pedagogy, University of Girona, 17004 Girona, SpainI-Communitas Institute for Advanced Social Research, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, SpainSome contemporary social phenomena, despite secularization, are still linked to religion. However, this same secularization seems to have accompanied a progressive process of religious illiteracy. Therefore, the capacity to address religious inspired issues is lower than the magnitude of the problems at work, be violent right-wing movement and Islamist terrorism or ethical debates on the beginning and end of life, to name but a few. Hence, this paper aims to fulfil three goals: to revisit secularism and some liberal assumptions that might prevent a correct understanding of these phenomena, to assess some of the consequences of the critique of ideologies and to propose an alternative approach to address religious inspired social phenomena.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/1/68liberalismsecularizationcritique of ideologiesIslamist terrorismviolent right-wing movementsreligion |
| spellingShingle | Sergio García-Magariño Oscar Prieto-Flores Carmen Innerarity Grau Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights Religions liberalism secularization critique of ideologies Islamist terrorism violent right-wing movements religion |
| title | Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights |
| title_full | Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights |
| title_short | Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion: In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights |
| title_sort | understanding social phenomena linked to religion in search of an alternative approach that combines science with religious insights |
| topic | liberalism secularization critique of ideologies Islamist terrorism violent right-wing movements religion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/1/68 |
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