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Postmodernization of Religion: A Brief Remark

Year 2010, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 7 - 13, 07.09.2010

Abstract

In this article, postmodernization of religion is analyzed as a part of individualization and alienation in the context of "cultural reification" process. Within a general philosophical framework, defining what "postmodernization of religion" means, two specific social phenomena are brought under the focus. On the one hand, the article takes up the "crisis" of modernity with special reference to secularization and subjectivation that has undermined the universal column of modernity and legitimized the personal arrangements of social life. On the other hand a philosophical deliberation about Christianity between two preeminent philosophers of the present age (Rorty and Vattimo) is examined in the hope that it sheds light upon the issue in the debate about Islam in Turkey.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Religious Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Ali Yaşar Sarıbay This is me 0000-0003-0429-5566

Publication Date September 7, 2010
Submission Date March 7, 2010
Published in Issue Year 2010 Volume: 1 Issue: 1

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ISNAD Sarıbay, Ali Yaşar. “Postmodernization of Religion: A Brief Remark”. Ilahiyat Studies 1/1 (September 2010), 7-13.
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