TY - BOOK AU - Joas,Hans TI - Glaube als Option: Zukunftsmöglichkeiten des Christentums SN - 9783451305375 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - BL2747 .J5813 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Freiburg im Breisgau PB - Herder KW - Secularism KW - Faith KW - Church history KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256); Introduction : secularization and intellectual honesty -- Does modernization lead to secularization? -- Does secularization lead to moral decline? -- Waves of secularization -- Modernization as culturally protestant metanarrative -- The age of contingency -- Increased options as a danger? -- Religious diversity and the pluralist society -- Religion and violence -- The future of Christianity -- Intellectual challenges for contemporary Christianity -- Conclusion : is Christianity leaving Europe behind? ER -