{"product_id":"the-desecularization-of-the-world-resurgent-religion-and-world-politics-9780802846914","title":"The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics","description":"Theorists of \"secularization\" have for two centuries been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But today, much of the world is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing instead that modernization more often strengthens religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seven leading cultural observers examine several regions and several religions and explain the resurgence of religion in world politics. \u003cb\u003ePeter L. Berger\u003c\/b\u003e opens with a global overview. The other six writers deal with particular aspects of the religious scene: \u003cb\u003eGeorge Weigel\u003c\/b\u003e, with Roman Catholicism;\u003cb\u003eDavid Martin\u003c\/b\u003e, with the evangelical Protestant upsurge not only in the Western world but also in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific rim, China, and Eastern Europe; \u003cb\u003eJonathan Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e, with Jews and politics in the modern world; \u003cb\u003eAbdullahi A. An-Na'im\u003c\/b\u003e, with political Islam in national politics and international relations; \u003cb\u003eGrace Davie\u003c\/b\u003e, with Europe as perhaps the exception to the desecularization thesis; and \u003cb\u003eTu Weiming\u003c\/b\u003e, with religion in the People's Republic of China. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerger, Peter L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter L. Berger is senior research fellow and founder ofthe Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs atBoston University. His many previous books include TheDesecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and WorldPolitics and (with Anton Zijderveld) In Praise ofDoubt: How to Have Convictions without Becoming aFanatic.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845305274642,"sku":"9780802846914","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bcca370-3324-4a36-9098-2490ded7b2d1.jpg?v=1737347520","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-desecularization-of-the-world-resurgent-religion-and-world-politics-9780802846914","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}