{"title":"Wayne Hudson","description":"\u003cp\u003eWayne Hudson's works delve into the complex intersections of religion, spirituality, and secular thought, offering insightful analyses that challenge conventional perspectives. His writing engages deeply with Australian religious contexts while also addressing broader philosophical questions about faith and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful explorations that blend academic rigour with accessible prose, inviting reflection on the evolving role of religion in contemporary society. Hudson's books provoke meaningful dialogue on belief, identity, and cultural change within the realm of \u003cem\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"australian-religious-thought-by-wayne-hudson-9781922235763","title":"Australian Religious Thought","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides new perspectives on the relationship between religious thought and social reform in Australia. It argues that religious thought can be found in many intellectuals in Australia, both in the religiously inclined and in those who were not conventionally religious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing together existing and new research, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Religious Thought\u003c\/em\u003e opens up new perspectives and re-thematises the field in six exploratory studies. Each study is revisionist in some respects. Shapes of disbelief are explored in intellectuals of many types.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe concept of sacral secularity is used to complex and contest discussions of 'the secular' in Australia. Religious liberalism is interpreted as transnational and as often a source of social reform. Interactions between religious thought and philosophy are discussed in some detail, as is the development of theology, which has received relatively little attention from historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccount is also taken of what might perhaps be called post-secular consciousness in many intellectuals. Taking religious thought more seriously suggests possible revisions to the way the national story has been told. There was more serious intellectual life in Australia than some historians have claimed, and a considerable part of it was in a broad sense 'religious'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWayne Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a previously underestimated religious dimension of Australian cultural and intellectual history with assurance and zest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Frank Bongiorno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470065189100,"sku":"9781922235763","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922235763-australian-religious-thought.jpg?v=1775210902"},{"product_id":"beyond-religion-and-the-secular-by-wayne-hudson-9781350331754","title":"Beyond Religion and the Secular","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeploying a distinctive disaggregative approach to the study of ‘religion’, this volume shows that spiritual movements with extensive counterfactual beliefs have been much more creative than one might expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifically, Wayne Hudson explores the creativity of six spiritual movements: the Bahá’ís, a Persian movement; Soka Gakkai, a Japanese movement; Ananda Marga and the Brahma Kumaris, two reformed Hindu movements; and two controversial American churches, The Church Universal and Triumphant and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of these movements have counterintuitive features that have led Western scholars making Enlightenment assumptions to dismiss them as irrational and\/or inconsequential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Religion and the Secular\u003c\/em\u003e reveals that these movements have responded to modernity in ways that are creative and practical, resulting in a wide range of social, educational and cultural initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on research surrounding the ways in which spiritual movements engage in cultural productions, this book takes the international research in a new direction by exploring the utopian intentionality such cultural productions reveal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595789484268,"sku":"9781350331754","price":137.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350331754-beyond-religion-and-the-secular.jpg?v=1777907494"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/wayne-hudson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}