Black Light
Believing in the 21st Century
Lecture by José Casanova
Debate
The sociologist José Casanova analyses the new forms religion is taking in the twenty-first century. What do these beliefs have that is really new? Why has science not yet managed to supplant religion?
Against all expectations, the twentieth century did not see the end of religions in the western world. The human impulse to transcendence exists side by side with the predominant secular discourse in European societies and it still needs to be channelled. Traditional religions are losing their hegemonic role but, at the same time, beliefs and syncretic forms, products of a more globalised society, are now appearing and responding to the needs of today’s prevailing individualism. In this lecture, José Casanova will discuss what appears to be the innate human need to believe.
Presenters: Mar Griera Llonch
Participants: Jose Casanova
This activity is part of Black Light, Beyond reason
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Believing in the 21st Century
Lecture by José Casanova
The sociologist José Casanova discusses what appears to be the innate human need to believe and analyses the new forms religion is taking in the twenty-first century. What do these beliefs have that is really new? Why has science not yet managed to supplant religion?
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