01453nam a22001937a 4500003001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075040000700093041001200100082001600112100002500128245006100153260003000214300003000244365001200274520095000286600002301236St Aloysius Coll20260423183000.0260423b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789819707034  cAL  aEnglish  a201.7bVADR  aAnil Kumar Vaddiraju  aReason religion and modernityb: Gadamer-Habermas debate  aSingaporebSpringerc2024  axx, 57p.bPBc23.5x19.3cm  2General  aThis book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modernisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modernisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who concern themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modernity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.  2ReligionaReligion