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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bailey, F. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title page-God-Botherers and Other True-Believers; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PArt I-Faith and Politics; Chapter 1-Faith, Reason and Consequences; Chapter 2-Religion and Persuasion in Politics; Part II-Antagonistic Religions; Chapter 3-Desert, Marketplace and Forum; Chapter 4-The Need for Enemies; Part III-A Religion of Love; Chapter 5-Gandhi; Chapter 6-Gandhi's Charisma; Chapter 7-Gandhi's Religion and Political Reality; Chpater 8-The First Cause and the Last Word; References; Index.