Understanding Social Phenomena Linked to Religion

In Search of an Alternative Approach That Combines Science with Religious Insights

Bibliographic Data

ID3209527
AuthorsSergio García-Magariño (0000-0002-0562-3800, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), corresponding author), Òscar Prieto Flores (0000-0003-4162-6109, Universitat de Girona), Carmen Innerarity Grau (0000-0003-1193-8195, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA))
Year2023
Volume14
Issue1
Pages68
Publication date2023-01-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14010068
OpenAlexW4313583839
LanguageEN
References cited21

Some contemporary social phenomena, despite secularization, are still linked to religion. However, this same secularization seems to have accompanied a progressive process of religious illiteracy. Therefore, the capacity to address religious inspired issues is lower than the magnitude of the problems at work, be violent right-wing movement and Islamist terrorism or ethical debates on the beginning and end of life, to name but a few. Hence, this paper aims to fulfil three goals: to revisit secularism and some liberal assumptions that might prevent a correct understanding of these phenomena, to assess some of the consequences of the critique of ideologies and to propose an alternative approach to address religious inspired social phenomena

Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Functional illiteracy · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Secularism · Secularization · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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