A rumor of angels in the disenchanted world: other challenges to theology

Authors

  • Francisco Genciano Jr. Universidade Metodista do Estado de São Paulo - UMESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2177-952X.2016v10i17p185-200

Keywords:

Supernatural, Transcendence, Disenchantment, Magic, Theology

Abstract

Starting from Peter Berger’s analysis about the discovery of the supernatural in the modern society and its suggestions for the theology about the methods to be assumed in the process of identification of transcendence signals in society as well as the Max Weber's considerations about the so-called disenchantment of world, doubly introduced by science and religion itself, looking up to identify what challenges are presenting themselves for reflection and theological action at interface between disenchanted social realities and new enchanted religiosity, with much more immediate prospects and focused on the present life than in anticipation of a future supplanter of material reality.

Author Biography

Francisco Genciano Jr., Universidade Metodista do Estado de São Paulo - UMESP

Teólogo. Mestrando em Ciências da Religião. Área: Religião, Sociedade e Cultura.

Published

2016-06-30

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