| Description |
1 online resource (104 pages) |
| Series |
Brief encounters |
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Brief encounters (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Secularism : America's new religion -- Truth as a relative concept -- The limitations of science -- Government's rationalist largesse -- Patriotism as a moral problem -- Tolerance, discrimination, and discernment -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
In this timely and wide-ranging book, one of America's leading public intellectuals argues that the rise of radical secularism in the United States is a flaccid response to the challenge presented by the fanaticism of radical Islam. In the so-called war of ideas, our reflexive belief in relativism has handicapped our ability to thwart the inroads of fanaticism. Opposition to traditional religion; multiculturalism and cultural relativism; materialism; belief in scientific rationality as the ultimate arbiter of human value: taken together, these features of the secularist's creed underwrite a vi |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion
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North & South American Religions.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140498
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008001922 |
| ISBN |
9781594032776 |
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1594032777 |
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1282487701 |
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9781282487703 |
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9786612487705 |
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6612487704 |
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