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God-Botherers and Other True-Believers : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right.
When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the qual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books, Inc.,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the quality of life and it opens the way to charlatans who exploit the faith of others. Examining two unquestionable malignancies of "the Christian Right" in present-day politics in the United States and the "secular religion" of Hitler's National Socialism, as well as the third, more complex case of Gandhi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857450012 0857450018 |