Secular Religions

The Key Concepts

Tamás Nyirkos (University of Public Service, Ludovika, Hungary)

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Routledge
06 August 2024

Social & political philosophy; Religion & politics; Political ideologies

Series: Routledge Key Guides

Secular Religions: The Key Concepts provides a concise guide to those ideologies, worldviews, and social, political, economic, and cultural phenomena that are most often described as the modern counterparts of traditional religions.

Although there are many other terms in use (quasi, pseudo, ersatz, political, civil, etc.), it is “secular religion” that best expresses the problematic nature of all such descriptions, which maintain that modern belief systems and practices are secular on the one hand and religious on the other. Today, the topic is as popular as ever, and secular religions are discovered far and wide. Hence, a critical summary is urgently necessary. The juxtaposed title is itself an expression of ironic distance. The book emphasizes inherent tensions of relevant literature in a critical and informative fashion. The author provides over 100 entries, from abortion to wokeness, as well as a detailed introduction, which gives an overview of the different definitions of “religion” and “secular religion” as well as the history of secular-religious comparisons. The main text reconstructs the argument of several key works on each given topic, while lists of sources for further reading are provided at the end of each entry.

This book provides a clear introduction to “secular religions” and will appeal to researchers and students of religious studies, political philosophy, political theology, the history of ideologies, and cultural studies.

By: Tamás Nyirkos (University of Public Service Ludovika Hungary)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032748467
ISBN 10: 103274846X
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction A Abortion Anarchism Animal Rights Anti-Racism Art Artificial Intelligence Atheism B Beauty Biotechnology BLM Bolshevism Boxing C Capitalism Celeb culture Climate Activism Cloning Colonialism Communism Computer Science Constitutionalism Consumerism Critical Race Theory Cultural Marxism D Dataism Darwinism Democracy DNA E Ecology Economics Electism Enlightenment Entertainment Environmentalism Evolutionism F Fandom Fascism Feminism Fitness Food Football G Gender Genetics H Health History Humanism Human Rights I Individualism J Juche K Kung Fu L Legalism Leninism Liberalism Love M Maoism Marxism Medicine Multiculturalism N Nationalism Nazism Nietzscheism Neoliberalism O Olympism P Pacifism Panopticism Patriotism Personality Cult Political Correctness Pop Culture Populism Positivism Postcolonialism Posthumanism Postmodernism Progress Psychology R Racism Republicanism Revolution Rock S Scientism Selfies Selfism Sex Singularity Skateboarding Social Justice Culture Social Media Socialism Sports Stalinism Statism Superintelligence T Technology Thinness Transhumanism U UFOs UN Übermensch V Veganism Vegetarianism W War Warmism Wokeness

Tamás Nyirkos is Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Politics and Government at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary, and Associate Professor of the Institute of International Studies and Political Science at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary.