From US presidents holding Bible Studies in the Oval office, the massacre of Muslims in Buddhist Myanmar or the complex negotiation of Sunni and Shia alliances in the Middle East, religion currently dominates world affairs. Meanwhile the number of people...
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From US presidents holding Bible Studies in the Oval office, the massacre of Muslims in Buddhist Myanmar or the complex negotiation of Sunni and Shia alliances in the Middle East, religion currently dominates world affairs. Meanwhile the number of people who don't follow a particular faith, but consider themselves 'spiritual', continues to increase. Some scientists and anthropologists now think that religious feeling might be hard-wired into our DNA, a fundamental aspect of what makes us human. Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand politics, world affairs, and the nature of humanity itself. Religions can be used to justify inhumane actions, but religion also feeds dreams, inspires hopes, and shapes aspirations. By invoking a sense of wonder about the natural world, religion can promote scientific discoveries, and by focusing on shared experiences, religion helps bind societies together. Because religion is rooted in the imagination itself, its study involves staring into the profundities of who we are. Religion will not go away, so it needs to be understood. That's why the study of it matters.
PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 523426
- Product Code 9781509529704
- ISBNÂ 1509529705
- EANÂ 9781509529704
- Pages 160
- Department Academic
- Category Christian Worldview
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Polity Press
- Publication Date Mar 2019
- Sales Rank 77266
- Dimensions 12 x 125 x 190mm
- Weight 0.155kg
Graham Ward
Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester. He is the author of numerous articles published throughout the world on theology, critical theory and literary theory. His previous books include Barth, Derrida and the Language of Theology, Theology and Contemporary Critical Theory, The Postmodern God, Radical Orthodoxy, Balthasar at the End of Modernity, and most recently Politics of Discipleship, The: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens. He is also editor of the journal Literature and Theology.