Atheism as a positive social force /
Recent disasters have raised new questions concerning the role of religion in society. Converse does not oppose religion per se; he outlines the growth of religion from a modern historical perspective and shows how atheism can be applied as a positive alternative in facing everyday problems.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Pub.,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The origin of religion : the earliest beliefs
- The early written records
- Modern religion in the Near East and Rome
- Christianity, Persia, and Islam
- Modern religious thought and the birth of atheism
- A redefinition of atheism
- Atheism as a positive social force
- Atheism in the U.S.
- Atheism as the arbiter of social self-interest
- The task of atheism
- Atheism and Islam.