Do we need religion?: on the experience of self-transcendence - Joas, Hans (Paradigm Publishers, 2008)
"Originally published in German as Braucht der mensch religion? über erfahrungen der selbsttrauszendenz (Freiburg: Herder, 2003)"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Religious experience -- Do we need religion? -- Religion in the age of contingency -- On the articulation of experience -- Between theology and social science -- Sociology and the sacred : key texts in the sociology of religion -- Sophisticated fundamentalism from the left? on John Milbank -- A Catholic modernity? faith and knowledge in the work of Charles Taylor -- God in France : Paul Ricoeur as theoretical mediator -- Post-secular religion? on Jürgen Habermas -- Human dignity -- Decency, justice, dignity : on Avishai Margalit -- Respect for indisposability : a contribution to the bioethics debate -- Human dignity : the religion of modernity?
Keywords: Religion / Philosophy. / http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112554