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050 4 _aBR115.W6
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084 _aonline - EBSCO
100 1 _aStivers, Richard,
_d1941-
_1http://viaf.org/viaf/24758534
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245 1 0 _aReligion in America today /
_cRichard Stivers.
264 1 _aEugene, Oregon :
_bCascade Books,
_c2021.
300 _a1 online resource (xxiv, 115 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction: The enigma of religion -- Part I: The church of the world. The church and the state -- The church and technology -- Part II: The world as church. Personal religion -- Political religion -- Conclusion: The semblance of Christianity.
520 _a"Religion in American Today describes how sacred powers and secular religions have overtaken and infiltrated Christianity. Secular religion is now dominant in America: It assumes the forms of personal religion and political religion. Christianity makes its living within the confines of these secular religions. The point of the book is to identify the idolatry in what now passes for Christianity. Technology and the political state are socially constructed as sacred powers. As such they are idols. In its slumber Christianity embraces technology and the political state to the point of becoming subordinate to them. Concurrently technology and the political state give rise to the dominant secular religions. Personal religion acts as a consumer service, a psychological technique, to acquire health and happiness in this life. Political religion is a consequence of politics replacing religion in the quest for collective meaning in a technological society. Political movements become religious revivals and political parties, churches. This book is an attempt to awaken Christians to the idols that beckon."--Provided by publisher
600 1 7 _aEllul, Jacques,
_d1912-1994
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600 1 7 _aEllul, Jacques,
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650 0 _aChurch and the world.
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650 0 _aChurch and social problems.
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650 0 _aCulture conflict
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xReligion
_y21st century.
650 0 _aChristianity
_zUnited States
_y21st century.
650 6 _aÉglise et le monde.
650 6 _aÉglise et problèmes sociaux.
650 6 _aConflit culturel
_zÉtats-Unis.
651 6 _aÉtats-Unis
_xReligion
_y21e siècle.
650 7 _aReligion
_2fast
650 7 _aChristianity
_2fast
650 7 _aChurch and social problems
_2fast
650 7 _aChurch and the world
_2fast
650 7 _aCulture conflict
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651 7 _aUnited States
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648 7 _a2000-2099
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