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God after the church lost control

Name: God after the church lost control
Author: Jan-Olav Henriksen

Jan-Olav Henriksen

29 January 2024

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Book Synopsis

This book combines insights from sociology of religion and theology to consider the fundamental changes that have taken place in how people think about God in contemporary Western society. It can be said that God has become irrelevant for many people, often as a result of well-grounded ethical critique of churches. Here the authors argue for the necessity of rethinking God-talk in a pluralist and changing context and for thinking critically about hegemonic ways of speaking about God from a moral and experiential perspective, not only from the point of view of abstract theology. Drawing on empirical material from a Norwegian setting, the book advocates a critical-constructive theology with a notion of God that takes human experience and social change seriously. It depicts a God who is an enabler of moral maturity rather than an authoritarian moral instructor, a God who is on the side of the marginalized and poor, and a challenge to unjust hierarchies.

About The Author

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway.Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781032306742
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge, (29 January 2024)
Number of Pages: 161
Weight: 310 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 234 x 233 x 14 mm
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Categories:: Theology Sociology