The belief in a governing, universal, celestial principle has followed us through human history. More than 80 per cent of the world s population has a religious affiliation and even in secular states, religion continues to play an important role. Politics and international relations today cannot be understood without accounting for the element of religion in cultural contexts. The essays in this book derive from the Engelsberg Seminar of 2014, and investigate the role which religion plays in society today and in the past. They also explore religion as a phenomenon in relation to the human condition and how it manifests itself as an individual experience. In order to understand ourselves, do we need to understand religion?
Religion
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Janne Haaland Matláry
Adrian Wooldridge
Jayne Svenungsson
Göran Rosenberg
Benedetta Berti
Pär Stenbäck
Harvey Whitehouse
Armin W. Geertz
Simon May
Jessica Frazier
A.N. Wilson
Richard Miles
Esther Benbassa
Candida R. Moss
Mona Siddiqui
Wolfgang Palaver
Ariel Glucklich
William O´Reilly
Marco Pasi
Malise Ruthven
Gary Lachman
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Reza Aslan
Elaine Pagels
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Martin Goodman
John Scheid
Robin Osborne
Julius J. Lipner
Daniel T. Potts