RELIGIJA U SEKULARNOM DRUŠTVU Prepreka ili korist?
RELIGION IN A SECULAR SOCIETY Impediment or Benefit?
Author(s): Stefan Jakob WimmerSubject(s): Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Nationalism Studies, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Sociology of Religion, Politics and Identity
Published by: Centar za dijalog - Vesatijja
Keywords: perspectivity of perception; Germany; Jerusalem; Christianity; Islam; secular society; secular state; irreligiousness; religious history; misuse of religion; nationalism; Enlightenment; 1968;
Summary/Abstract: The author investigates from the perspective of a Western European country, in his case Germany, if and how religion(s) can be appreciated in a secular society. With historic reviews he demonstrates that we should revise our accustomed perceptions; how (in the “West”) Islam is perceived, how religions are perceived from outside, but also how the religious sometimes misrepresent the non-religious. Instead, he advocates to adjust our categories of “us” and “the others”, and join forces with those who are committed to living together against those who campaign and agitate against it, notwithstanding who believes in what. His considerations are shaped by the situation in Germany, but they lead to conclusions of universal value.
Journal: Illuminatio/Svjetionik/Almanar
- Issue Year: 1/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 213-241
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Bosnian, English