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Why the Church?

Self-Optimization or Community of Faith

Hans Joas

Contents

1Introduction

2Why the Church?

3Problematic Predictions

4Do We Need Religion?

5Faith or Self-Optimization?

6A Christian through War and Revolution

7Christianity without the Church?

8Human Dignity

9Is Human Dignity Still Our Supreme Value?

10The Church as Moral Agency?

11The Church's Global Responsibility and Particular Obligations