The Future of Religion (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)

Contents
......Page 8
Acknowledgement......Page 10
Preface (MICHAEL R. OTT)......Page 12
Introduction: The Development of the Critical Theory of Religion in Dubrovnik from 1975 to 2007 (RUDOLF J. SIEBERT)......Page 26
Historical Foundations......Page 94
1. Constantine: From Religious Pluralism to Christian Hegemony (A. JAMES REIMER)......Page 96
2. Christianity and the Concept of National Guilt (DENIS R. JANZ)......Page 116
3. Pious XII and the Third Reich (HANS K. WEITENSTEINER)......Page 132
4. Tepeyac and Plymouth Rock: Pilgrimage and Nationalism in Mexico and the United States (BRIAN C. WILSON)......Page 154
5. The Pains and Pleasures of Opium, Religion, and Modernity: A New View of Robert Owen (ANJA FINGER)......Page 172
Conceptions of the Future of Religion......Page 190
6. Max Horkheimer's Negative Theology of the Totally Other (MICHAEL R. OTT)......Page 192
7. The Functional View of Religion: Limits and Dangers (GOTTFRIED KÜENZLEN)......Page 212
8. Religion within the Space of Reasons (HELMUT FRITZSCHE)......Page 222
9. Spiritual Culture: Transcendence of the Fundamental Problems of Life (REIMON BACHIKA)......Page 268
10. The Future of Christianity as a Question about the Future of Europe (GOTTFRIED KÜENZLEN)......Page 284
Conceptions of the Future of Society......Page 296
11. Civil Society and the Globalization of Its "State of Emergency:" The Longing for the Totally Other as a Force of Social Change (MICHAEL R. OTT)......Page 298
12. Social Philosophical Reflections on the Concepts of Culture and Multiculturalism in the Context of Globalization (KJARTAN SELNES)......Page 332
13. Ethics and Religion: From Modern "Aufhebung" to Post-Modern Revival (MISLAV KUKOC)......Page 348
14. The Ethics of Interpretation after Postmodernism (HANS-HERBERT KÖGLER)......Page 358
15. Toward a Naturalistic Foundation of Community: How Science Can Solve the Spiritual Crisis? (WERNER KRIEGLSTEIN)......Page 368
16. Socio-Economic Basis For Religious Socialization and Youth Issues in Croatia (DUNJA POTOCNIK)......Page 390
17. The Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian National Identity: Some Relations and Controversies (ALEXANDRA BASA)......Page 410
18. Education Toward Humanity (AURELIA MARGARETIC)......Page 424
19. The Human Being Called "Homo Techno-Sapiens": A Note on a Post-Human Perspective (JAN FENNEMA)......Page 440
20. Theology of Revolution versus Theology of Counter-Revolution (RUDOLF J. SIEBERT)......Page 444
About the Authors......Page 484
References......Page 488
Index......Page 508