How Much Religion Is Good for Us?

If Religion Were a Game
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-61518-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.

Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patterning of spiritual and religious belief in modern societies. Drawing on the Nietzschean concept of a dead but powerful God, the book depicts modern civilizations as players treading a secular age in which the spirit of religion unconsciously survives. It argues that the spirit of religion is preserved in cultures in the form of a spiritual game, distilling moral precepts and imperatives much like poetry and works of art do. Comparative in scope, it references Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sufism, and Daoism.

This interdisciplinary volume is an outstanding resource for students and scholars of Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, and Anthropology.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  1. Art, Play, and Faith  2. The Leap into the Game  3. The Unbearable Lightness of Religion  4. The Sacred, the Secular, and the Spiritual  5. The Spiritual and the Worldly  6. Play, Religion, and Society  7. "Thank God, I am an Atheist": Gianni Vattimo's "Half-Belief"  8. Kitsch and Kenosis  9. Cultural Secularism  10. Can Religion be "Interesting"?  Conclusion: How Much Religion is Good for Us?  Bibliography  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Global Studies Center at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.