Encountering the secular: philosophical endeavors in religion and culture

The author challenges the breach between the secular and the religious, rendering that breach ambiguous. Such ambiguity, the author affirms, is relevant to a time when rigid and simplistic notions of religion and secularity are used to justify thoughtlessness and even violence. All too often the sec...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Atchley, J. Heath 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville, Va. Univ. of Virginia Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Studies in religion and culture
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:The author challenges the breach between the secular and the religious, rendering that breach ambiguous. Such ambiguity, the author affirms, is relevant to a time when rigid and simplistic notions of religion and secularity are used to justify thoughtlessness and even violence. All too often the secular is thought of either as a triumph in "overcoming" the presumed irrationality and oppression of religion, or as lament in "losing" the meaning religion is thought once to have offered. Atchley suggests a view of the secular as an opportunity to experience an immanent value that is neither controlled by the human self nor conferred by a divine entity.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 181 S.
ISBN:9780813927817
9780813927824