Deo titles by
Corneliu Simuţ
Secularization in Contemporary Religious
Radicalism
An Introduction
The concept of secularization has grown to become one of the most important
features of contemporary religious though. This book introduces and
examines
the thinking of sixteen key theologians,
philosophers and historians of religion to explain (a) why by the late
nineteenth century the traditional concept of God as an ontologically
real being came to be considered no longer necessary and (b) how the
new perspective on God, which accepts him only as an idea, turned
into the preferred approach of today’s religion and philosophy, namely
“religious radicalism”.
While it affects both philosophy and theology, religious radicalism
sets out to present the idea of God as applicable to the human being in
all respects, to the point that the word "God" becomes a mirror for the
acute, rational, and experiential awareness of contemporary men and
women. Readers will find this book an insightful and useful guide to
contemporary thinking on secularization in the religious and theological
context.
Corneliu Simuţ
(Ph.D. 2003, University of Aberdeen; Th.D. 2005, University of Tilburg)
is Professor of Modern Contemporary Theology at Emanuel University of
Oradea, Romania, and its Rector. His most recent books include
Essentials of Catholic Traditionalism and Radicalism in the History of
Christian Thought (2010) and Radicalism. An Introduction to the
Lay Theology of Vito Mancuso (2011).
Theological Seminar Series
ISBN 9781905679232 xii + 206pp. Pbk UK £27.95/
Europe £28.95/ ROW £30.95
