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8 - The Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2021

David Lindenfeld
David Lindenfeld
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Louisiana State University
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This chapter applies material drawn from previous chapters to the West, specifically the modernization/secularization narrative of progressive development. It challenges this by viewing religion as more than belief, comprised of four dimensions: the theoretical, practical, experiential, and political, and showing how concentrated and diffuse spirituality are distributed across these, sometimes in complementary, sometimes in dialectical opposition.

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Conclusionthe Westmodernizationsecularizationphenomenology of religiontheoretical aspectpractical aspectexperiential aspectpolitical aspectritualconcentrated spiritualitydiffuse spirituality
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World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
A Global History, 1500–2000
 , pp. 257 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Pacific
  • David Lindenfeld, Louisiana State University
  • Book: World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
  • Online publication: 30 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917643.008
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  • The Pacific
  • David Lindenfeld, Louisiana State University
  • Book: World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
  • Online publication: 30 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917643.008
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  • The Pacific
  • David Lindenfeld, Louisiana State University
  • Book: World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
  • Online publication: 30 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917643.008
Available formats
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