bokomslag The Plain Sense of Things
Filosofi & religion

The Plain Sense of Things

James C Edwards

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  • 262 sidor
  • 1997
What could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western intellectuals who inhabit just such a world, James C. Edwards investigates the loss of religion's traditional power in a culture characterized by what he calls "normal nihilism"a situation in which one's commitment to a particular set of values is all one really has, and in which traditional religion is only a means of interpretation used to preserve what one most cares about. Recognizing the important historical role of religion in making us the people we are, he seeks to establish a viable understanding of religion without traditional beliefs and within the context of contemporary skepticism. The Plain Sense of Things is a book more interested in the power of religion that in its truth and in what happens to that power when the claims to truth slacken their grip.
  • Författare: James C Edwards
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780271016788
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 262
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1997-09-01
  • Förlag: Pennsylvania State University Press