{"product_id":"the-mystery-and-the-world-passion-for-god-in-times-of-unbelief-hardcover","title":"The Mystery and the World: Passion for God in Times of Unbelief - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Clara Bingemer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Casarella\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eJovelino Ramos\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the past century, an enormous effervescence of events changed the sociopolitical configuration of the world. The interpretation of these facts helped further deepen the crisis in which modern thought already found itself--and it generated the uncertain and unstable environment in which we live today, the so-called postmodernity, late modernity, or hypermodernity. In this context, one of the most profound impacts is most certainly the one on religion. During the twentieth century, religion proved not to be banished from the human horizon as the masters of suspicion intended. Known as the godless century, the twentieth century saw also a resuscitation of the search for the sense of life and spirituality. With the crisis of modern reason, humankind turned toward consumerism and provisional and \"light\" practices. The last century represents not only the height of the postmodernization process but also the rescue of the transcendent and absolute, even if it is an absolute without face and identity. It is in this scenario that religious experiences, apparently exiled by modern rationality, begin to occur and multiply again. Mystical experiences will be, then, the basis for highlighting recurrent characteristics with universal import. But they will show a different configuration than before. One will be able to find them not in so-called sacred spaces but in very secular ones; not so much within institutions but at the borders, or even outside them; not configured by a specific tradition but in an interface that makes more than one tradition meet and dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Clara Bingemer is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She teaches fundamental theology and theology of God. She is the author of many books and articles in various languages, including \u003ci\u003eA Face for God\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eMary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and coeditor with Peter Casarella of \u003ci\u003eWitnessing: Prophecy, Politics, Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). She is a member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eConcilium\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578833748189,"sku":"9781498284967","price":85.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/0YW0gXbyrp9781498284967.webp?v=1773513187","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-mystery-and-the-world-passion-for-god-in-times-of-unbelief-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}