Pirner M (2019)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: Routledge
Edited Volumes: Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education
City/Town: New York
Pages Range: 1-9
ISBN: 9780429464973
Since the turn of the millennium, awareness in liberal democratic societies has grown that religion cannot simply be regarded as a private matter, but that it has an indispensable public dimension. It is obvious that this public dimension is highly ambivalent. On the one hand, it can manifest itself in problematic mixtures of religious fanatism and politics, in social tensions, violent conflicts and acts of terrorism. On the other hand—and usually less prominent in the media—the public dimension of religion can be perceived in religions’ constructive contributions to the common good, in their promotion of morality, humanity, conflict-solving, peace-building and social cohesion. It seems that these positive contributions of religious communities and religiously inspired people to modern pluralistic societies have recently gained renewed and empirically supported attention, however contested they remain.
APA:
Pirner, M. (2019). Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education - Introduction. In M. L. Pirner, J. Lähnemann, W. Haußmann & S. Schwarz (Eds.), Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education. (pp. 1-9). New York: Routledge.
MLA:
Pirner, Manfred. "Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education - Introduction." Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education. Ed. M. L. Pirner, J. Lähnemann, W. Haußmann & S. Schwarz, New York: Routledge, 2019. 1-9.
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