Harvey Cox's latest book is in part an autobiographical account of Cox's own journey of faith seen in an historical context as a product of the movement of his faith development. In large part it is a continuation of his previous work that looked at the place of the church within an evolving secular society. [...]
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blogging harvey cox: the future of faith
In the middle of the 20th century Harvey Cox brought the secularization debate that was all the rage in the sociology of religion to a popular audience with his classic The Secular City. Since then, many of the assumptions on which his book were based have been debunked by overwhelming evidence that secularization is not [...]
five most influential books
A little bibliographical widget (I despise the term "meme") has been shooting around. I think my list of influential texts explains a lot about my theological perspective. These five books, in no order of priority, have been the most influential for how I think my theology is constructed today: Simone Weil – Waiting for God. [...]
does diversity marginalize religion?
Steve Bruce argues in his book God is Dead: Secularization in the West secularization develops from social egalitarianism which must exist in order to mediate democracy. Religious diversity that is protected by the secular state produces an inevitable loss of authority for religion. Finally, such a loss of authority, and this is where Bruce makes his [...]
quick hit on milbank
I have done my fair share of reading in the sociology of religion and in social research in general. Yesterday I tried to read through the first chapter of John Milbank's Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason. In large part he frames the work as an apologetic for theology as a foundational discourse for [...]
