Apocalypse today and the role of the sociology of religions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2319230 |
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| Authors | R Blancarte (0000-0002-4035-0553, El Colegio de México, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-250 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00377686241260829 |
| OpenAlex | W4399917746 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
We live in an Apocalyptic Era, in frustrated disappointed and enraged societies that have lost the future. Eternity has become an outcast and salvation in the afterlife is no longer a leading quest. In short, we live the end of the centrality of the concept of theodicy. The conjunction of the crisis in religious socialization mechanisms and those of secular socialization is what largely generates this widespread disappointment. The idea of Apocalypse, historically related to condemnations and Manichean visions, has returned with force to our contemporary societies through new forms of exclusion and discrimination in populist regimes relating to popular religiosity. The role of sociology of religions is to assess the current social disappointment and demystification of the future and at the same time distinguish and warn about the political processes of reproduction and representation of contemporary apocalypses
Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Anthropology · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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