The Culture of Unbelief: Studies and Proceedings from the First International Symposium on Belief Held at Rome, March 22–27, 1969Rocco Caporale, Antonio Grumelli This volume presents to the general public the reflections of a group of social scientists and theologians who gathered in the spring of 1969 in Rome to explore “The Culture of Unbelief,” and who have subsequently continued their interest in the subject. The book departs in places from the actual order of events of the symposium to accommodate papers prepared explicitly for publication after the symposium was over.—from the Editors’ Preface This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971. |
Contents
Problems | 19 |
The Historical Background of Unbelief | 39 |
Perspectives on Research | 53 |
Between Belief and Unbelief | 77 |
General Response in a Dialectical Key by Oleg Mandic | 109 |
Response to Bellah by Martin Marty | 115 |
Response to Glock by Bryan Wilson | 121 |
Toward a Definition of Unbelief Highlights of | 135 |
On the Development of Unbelief Highlights of | 155 |
Can It Be Scientifically Studied? Highlights | 183 |
Belief Unbelief and Disbelief by Talcott Parsons | 207 |
Unbelief as an Object of Research by Bryan Wilson | 247 |
Between Religion and Social Science by Robert N Bellah | 271 |
Program of the Symposium on the Culture of Unbelief | 297 |
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