The belief in a governing, universal, celestial principle has followed us through human history. More than 80 per cent of the world s population has a religious affiliation and even in secular states, religion continues to play an important role. Politics and international relations today cannot be understood without accounting for the element of religion in cultural contexts. The essays in this book derive from the Engelsberg Seminar of 2014, and investigate the role which religion plays in society today and in the past. They also explore religion as a phenomenon in relation to the human condition and how it manifests itself as an individual experience. In order to understand ourselves, do we need to understand religion?
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Religion
Authors:
- Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
- Janne Haaland Matláry
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Jayne Svenungsson
- Göran Rosenberg
- Benedetta Berti
- Pär Stenbäck
- Harvey Whitehouse
- Armin W. Geertz
- Simon May
- Jessica Frazier
- A.N. Wilson
- Richard Miles
- Esther Benbassa
- Candida R. Moss
- Mona Siddiqui
- Wolfgang Palaver
- Ariel Glucklich
- William O´Reilly
- Marco Pasi
- Malise Ruthven
- Gary Lachman
- Wouter J. Hanegraaff
- Reza Aslan
- Elaine Pagels
- Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Martin Goodman
- John Scheid
- Robin Osborne
- Julius J. Lipner
- Daniel T. Potts
Format:
Duration:
- 287 pages
Language:
English
Categories:
- 12 books
Adrian Wooldridge
Adrian Wooldridge is the management editor and “Schumpeter” columnist of The Economist. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and All Souls College, Oxford, where he held a Prize Fellowship. He was formerly The Economist’s Washington bureau chief and “Lexington” columnist. He is the coauthor, with John Micklethwait, of five books—including The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus; A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization; The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea; and The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America—and the author of Measuring the Mind: Education and Psychology in England c.1860-1990.
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A.N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire, England, and was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.
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Gary Lachman
Gary Lachman is an author and lecturer on consciousness, counterculture, and the Western esoteric tradition. His works include Dark Star Rising, Beyond the Robot, and The Secret Teachers of the Western World. A founding member of the rock band Blondie, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. He lives in London.
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Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels is a preeminent academic whose impressive scholarship has earned her international respect. The Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, Pagels was awarded the Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Fellowships in three consecutive years. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief, and Revelations.
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