Religion in the New Millennium

Frederick J. Parella and Ray Bulman, editors

Religion in the New Millennium is a collection of articles that examine the present and future role of religion at the beginning of the third Christian millennium. The essays were developed from papers given at an international Paul Tillich conference held in New Harmony, Indiana, in June 1999 and were carefully revised and adapted for publication.

The book, like the New Harmony conference from which it emerged, was inspired by the theological work of twentieth-century theologian Paul Tillich. Above all, Tillich was known as a pre-eminent theological interpreter of modern culture. Tillich’s long and fruitful career was committed to examining the many interconnections between theology and secular culture and his book The Religious Situation (first published in Berlin in 1926) was exclusively dedicated to that task. Religion in the New Millennium extends Tillich’s legacy through in-depth analysis of the religious situation at this unique moment in time.

The same themes that concerned Tillich in 1926 continue to intrigue the contributors to Religion in the New Millennium. In addition to topics of science, art, politics, economics, psychology, ethics, mysticism, and utopianism, the contributors examine questions that would have been either unknown or at best peripheral to Tillich such as gender issues, ecological concerns, interreligious dialogue, and high-tech and computer technology

The essays in Religion in the New Millennium are preceded by a theme-setting article by Langdon Gilkey suitably entitled “The Religious Situation at the end of the Twentieth Century” and conclude with an epilogue on the religious meaning of the new millennium.

Frederick J. Parrella is associate professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He earned his Ph.D. at Fordham University, where his major field was Systematic Theology and his dissertation was on the role of the church in the theology of Paul Tillich. He is president of the North American Paul Tillich Society. His many publications include Spirit and Community: The Legacy of Paul Tillich.

Raymond F. Bulman is professor of Theology at St. John’s University. He earned his Ph.D. in theology of culture, religious belief systems, and cultural change at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. His many publications include The Lure of the Millennium: The Year 2000 and Beyond. Together, the two scholars edited include Paul Tillich: A New Catholic Assessment.

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