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Beyond Idols: The Shape of a Secular Society
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ISBN10: 0195143698
ISBN13: 9780195143690
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 21 2001
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.49 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780195143690
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 21 2001
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.49 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
This book attempts to articulate the nature of a secular society, describe its benefits, and suggests the conditions under which such a society could emerge. To become secular, argues Fenn, is to open oneself and one's society to a wide range of possibilities, some interesting and exciting, some burdensome and dreadful. While some sociologists have argued that a Civil Religion is necessary to hold together our newly religionless society, Fenn urges that there is nothing to fear--and everything to gain--from living in a society that is not bound together by sacred memories and beliefs, or by sacred institutions and practices.
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