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The God problem : expressing faith and being reasonable / Robert Wuthnow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780520954267
  • 0520954262
  • 9786613896582
  • 6613896586
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 212 23
LOC classification:
  • BT50 .W88 2012eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Dangerous dogma -- Talking to God -- Big scary catastrophes -- Heaven is a wonderful place -- Jesus sets you free -- Billions of galaxies -- Conclusion: don't be spooky or weird.
Summary: The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of "joiners."" Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this-not by coming up with rational proofs.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)482055

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dangerous dogma -- Talking to God -- Big scary catastrophes -- Heaven is a wonderful place -- Jesus sets you free -- Billions of galaxies -- Conclusion: don't be spooky or weird.

The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of "joiners."" Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this-not by coming up with rational proofs.

Print version record.

English.