Enjoying Religion
Pleasure and Fun in Established and New Religious Movements
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Publication
2018 - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Language
English
Word Count
47,000 words, Guess
Page Count
188 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781498555012
- ISBN-101498555012
- OCLC Control Number1032029660
- Better World Books9781498555012
- Open LibraryOL34646731M
Classifications
- LCCBL624
- LCCBL624 .E65 2018
Description
"Enjoying religion" seems to be a contradiction because religion is generally perceived as a serious or even suppressive phenomenon. This volume is the first to study the increase of enjoying religion systematically by presenting eleven new case studies, occurring on four continents. This volume concludes that in our late modern secular societies, the enjoyment of religion or of its loose elements is growing. In particular, when scholars concentrate on "lived religion" of ordinary people, cheerful experiences appear to prevail. Many people use pleasant (elements of) religion to add meaning to their lives, to find spiritual fulfillment or a way to salvation, and to experience belonging to a larger unity. At the same time, diverse cultural dynamics of late modern society such as popular culture, commercialization, re-enchantment, and feminization influence this trend of enjoying religion. In spite of secularization, playing with religion appears to be attractive--back cover.
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