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In defense of religious moderation / William Egginton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xix, 158 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231520966
  • 0231520964
  • 1283261014
  • 9781283261012
  • 9786613261014
  • 6613261017
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In defense of religious moderation.DDC classification:
  • 201/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BL410 .E34 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments (and Apologies); Introduction: An Uncertain Faith; 1. Dogmatic Atheism; 2. The Fundamentalism of Everyday Life; 3. The Language of God; 4. Faith in Science; 5. In Defense of Religious Moderation; Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading; Index.
Summary: In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, he argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans, who, while identifying as Christians, Jews, and Muslims, do not find fault with those who support different faiths and philosophies. In fact, Egginton goes so far as to question whether fundamentalists and atheists truly oppose each other, united as they are in their commitment to a "code of codes."
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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)584624

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, he argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans, who, while identifying as Christians, Jews, and Muslims, do not find fault with those who support different faiths and philosophies. In fact, Egginton goes so far as to question whether fundamentalists and atheists truly oppose each other, united as they are in their commitment to a "code of codes."

Acknowledgments (and Apologies); Introduction: An Uncertain Faith; 1. Dogmatic Atheism; 2. The Fundamentalism of Everyday Life; 3. The Language of God; 4. Faith in Science; 5. In Defense of Religious Moderation; Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading; Index.

In English.