The God Problem : Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable /

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The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason.Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wuthnow, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2012]
Temas:
Faith and reason > Christianity.
Philosophical theology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
american history.
anthropology.
books about religion.
coffee table books.
comparative religion.
easy to read.
engaging.
evolution of religion.
faith and science.
faith impact on culture.
faith.
history of religion.
home school history books.
informative books.
learning from experts.
leisure reads.
page turner.
philosophy.
power of god.
religion in america.
religion in modern world.
religious studies.
science religion.
social science.
sociology religion.
spirituality.
united states history.
various faiths.
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Sumario:The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason.Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of "joiners." Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this-not by coming up with rational proofs for the existence of God-but by adopting subtle usages of language that keep us from making unreasonable claims about God. In an illuminating narrative that reveals the complex negotiations many undertake in order to be religious in the modern world, Wuthnow probes the ways of talking that occur in prayers, in discussions about God, in views of heaven, in understandings of natural catastrophes and personal tragedies, and in attempts to reconcile faith with science.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 p.)
ISBN:9780520954267
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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