Beyond the Secular Narrativizing religious change in contemporary German novels
The death of God and the disenchantment of the world are central to self-presentations of modernity. At the dawn of the third millennium, however, the worldwide growth of religious fundamentalisms as well as the pluralisation and...
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Información proyecto BeSec
Duración del proyecto: 33 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2015-04-30
Fecha Fin: 2018-02-28
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
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4-5
Presupuesto del proyecto
195K€
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Descripción del proyecto
The death of God and the disenchantment of the world are central to self-presentations of modernity. At the dawn of the third millennium, however, the worldwide growth of religious fundamentalisms as well as the pluralisation and individualization (but not the disappearance) of faith in the West suggest the need for a more nuanced understanding of the relation between secularity, modernity and religion. This is not only a matter for empirical research in Social, Political and Religious Studies. Modernity, secularity and religion are, in important ways, interpretive categories shaped by cultural narratives through which individuals and societies understand their world. The project Beyond the Secular studies a defined corpus of such narratives: contemporary German-language novels which articulate non-secular and religious experiences and worldviews. Through an interdisciplinary methodology combining close reading and narratological analysis with contextual readings in religious sociology, theology, and political philosophy, the project seeks to determine the potential of literature for the perception and narrativization of religious change in late modern societies.