The Liquidation of the Church

ISBN-13: 9780367425227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Kees De Groot

Opis

This book develops a fresh way to look at religion in late modernity and produces new questions for theological and sociological debate. The metaphor of liquidation provides an alternative to approaches that merely perceive the decline of religion or a spiritual revolution.

Spis treści

Part 1: Religion in Liquid Modernity;  Introduction: What's going on?;  1 An Organizational Perspective;  Part 2: Parish and Beyond: Ecclesial Maneuvers in Fluidity;  2 A Solid Church Enters Liquid Modernity;  3 The Modern Parish Dealing with Choice;  4 Movements and Events: Ambivalence towards Liquid Modernity;  Part 3: Losing Control: Ecclesial Initiatives within the Secular Sphere;  5 God in the Living: Celebrating Mass through the Television Screen ;  6 The Christian Tradition on the Spiritual Market ;  7 Spiritual Care: the Devastating Succes of Chaplaincy;  Part 4: The World Takes Over: the Use of Religion in the Secular Sphere;  8 The Religious Co-production of Mental Health Care;  9 Private Matters: the Presentation of Religion in a Museum;  10 Playing with Religion in Contemporary Theatre;  Part 5: Conclusion;  11 The Liquidation of the Church