The Secular Outlook

The Secular Outlook
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320
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9781444325324
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Новые поступления академической литературы издательства Wiley

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Instead of the move towards secularization predicted by many social thinkers, the closing decades of the twentieth century witnessed a major upsurge in religion–– followed by a resurgence of religious fanaticism and global religious terrorism. Was the "secularization thesis" really such a dismal failure? And, perhaps more importantly, how should we react to the spiritual and ideological challenges that radical religious movements pose to Western liberal democracies? Using a variety of thought–provoking arguments, The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism argues for a "secular outlook" on society and politics to meet the challenges of religious extremism in the twenty–first century. Unlike the highly polemical writingsof authors such as Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, philosopher Paul Cliteur does not vociferously defend atheism –– but neither does he defend theism. Instead, he reveals how religious believers and...

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