Faith without Dogma: Place of Religion in Postmodern Societies, Ferrarotti..

Taylor & Francis

Faith without DogmaPlace of Religion in Postmodern Societies\nAuthor(s): Franco Ferrarotti\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781560000747, 978-1560000747\nSynopsis\nWe live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important sociologist of religion alive, captures the source of this paradox In the title of his new book, Faith without Dogma. For it is belief that propels membership, while the absence of dogma results in a reticence to accept hierarchical direction from above or beyond.\n\nBasing much of his analysis on the postwar struggles within Roman Catholicism, Ferrarotti views the demand for religious renewal and revival as part and parcel of the emergence of broad social agendasagendas to which not even the Roman curia could remain impervious. The former easy relationships between Church and State, especially authoritarian states in Europe and Latin Amer.