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America's secular challenge : the rise of a new national religion /
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 relativ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Brief encounters (New York, N.Y.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (104 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781594032776 1594032777 1282487701 9781282487703 9786612487705 6612487704 |