Concept information
Preferred term
religion and civil society
Definition
- The concept of civil society used in contemporary research on religion can be attributed mainly to the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929), who described the emergence of a “public sphere” in Western societies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Religion and Civil Society]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/religion_and_civil_society
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