| Description |
viii, 147 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The marginalization of our universities -- Trouble defining the human -- Trouble maintaining the fact/value dichotomy -- Trouble eliminating religion -- Trouble judging religions -- Science gets strange -- Teaching about secularism, or teaching secularism? -- Losing a sense of history -- Moralizing as a bad habit -- How religious scholars could contribute -- Postsecularism and the university -- A vision of the future |
| Summary |
"In this book, C. John Sommerville explores several different ways in which the secular university fails in its mission through its trivialization of religion. He notes how little attention is being given to defining the human, so crucial in all aspects of professional education. He alerts us to the problems associated with the prevailing secular distinction between "facts" and values." He reviews how the elimination of religion hampers the university from understanding our post-Cold War world."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Religion.
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Church and college -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2005032466 |
| ISBN |
9780195306958 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195306953 cloth alkaline paper |
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