EAN: 9783631551219

RELIGION IN DIALOGUE WITH LATE MODERN SOCIETY -...

This book is a constructive contribution to a Christian spirituality for the late modern
religiously plural society. Based on a description of contemporary religion  in which the
author refers to modern sociologists (some general and some specifically involved with
religion)  this study outlines certain recent characteristics of our contemporary way of
relating to religion  and formulates a spirituality for the late modern religiously plural
society. It detects such spirituality arising within three dynamic fields: 'continuity and
internal diversity'  'formal and informal structures' and 'vita activa and vita contemplativa'.
Against this background the author presents and analyses a case study of Aloysius Pieris  a
Christian theologian active in 'Buddhist' Sri Lanka  and of Thich Nhat Hanh  a Buddhist monk
active in 'Christian' France. Based on identified presuppositions and in dialogue with these
two personalities the book proceeds towards a construction which contains some basic indicators
of a Christian spirituality for the late modern religiously plural society. The concepts
'community'  'baptism' and 'grace and concern' are central to the construction.

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