The Sacrality of the Secular - by Bradley B Onishi (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>As philosophers in the continental tradition have taken an interest in the return of religion, anthropologists and sociologists have rejected the once-dominant secularization thesis. Bradley B. Onishi connects these lines of thought to reveal how philosophy's religious investigations have enabled critical reflections on the category of the secular. <b></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Through a bold and historically rooted vision for the future of philosophy of religion, <i>The Sacrality of the Secular</i> maps new and compelling possibilities for a nonsecularist secularity. In recent decades, philosophers in the continental tradition have taken a notable interest in the return of religion, a departure from the supposed hegemony of the secular age that began with the Enlightenment. At the same time, anthropologists and sociologists have begun to reject the once-dominant secularization thesis, which both prescribed and described the demise of religion in modern societies. <p/>In <i>The Sacrality of the Secular, </i> Bradley B. Onishi reconsiders the role of religion at a time when secularity is more tenuous than it might seem. He demonstrates that philosophy's entanglement with religion led, perhaps counterintuitively, to vibrant reconceptions of the secular well before the unraveling of the secularization thesis or the turn to religion. Through rich readings of Heidegger, Bataille, Weber, and others, Onishi rethinks what philosophy can contribute to our understanding of religion and the wider social and cultural world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Onishi's rewriting of the history of the field nevertheless provides a constructive, and for that reason welcome vision for the future of philosophy of religion.--Journal of Religion<br><br>Valuable as a contribution to philosophical research on secularity and as a survey of the Continental philosophy of religion after Heidegger.--Choice<br><br>Onishi's book is clearly written, offers a thoughtful introduction to the field of continental philosophy of religion, and lays out a coherent case for why the secular can be sacred on its own terms.--Anthony D. Traylor "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "<br><br><i>The Sacrality of the Secular</i> is a sophisticated study of religious resources implicit in ostensibly secular culture. Onishi demonstrates how the American appropriation of Heidegger and post-Heideggerian philosophy contributed to "the religious turn" in continental philosophy. The significance of this work extends far beyond the field of religious studies. Through a critical reassessment of theories of modernization and disenchantment, Onishi charts new directions for cultural inquiry at a time when the humanities have lost their way.--Mark C. Taylor, Columbia University<br><br>In <i>The Sacrality of the Secular</i>, Bradley B. Onishi seeks to answer two questions: Does secularity equate to disenchantment? And what and how does philosophy of religion, in particular continental philosophy of religion, contribute to religious studies? Onishi has done a brilliant job at the difficult task of bringing these two questions together, showing how the answer to the second opens the path for a creative response to the impasses to which the first has come.--Jeffrey Kosky, Washington and Lee University<br><br>In his timely and welcome book, Onishi argues persuasively that philosophers of religion working out of continental philosophy have significant contributions to make to the study of religion and to the study of the modern opposition between the religious and the secular.--Tyler Roberts, Grinnell College<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Bradley B. Onishi is assistant professor of religion at Skidmore College. He is a coauthor of <i>Christian Mysticism: An Introduction to Theoretical Approaches </i>(2009) and coeditor of <i>Mysticism in the French Tradition: Eruptions from France </i>(2015).
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