Beyond idols : the shape of a secular society /

This study attempts to articulate the nature of a secular society, describe its benefits, and suggest the conditions under which such a society could emerge. To become secular, argues Fenn, is to open oneself to a wide range of possibilities.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fenn, Richard K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Secularism > United States.
Civil religion > United States.
Christian sociology > United States.
Sécularisation > États-Unis.
Religion civile > États-Unis.
Sociologie religieuse > Christianisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Christian sociology
Civil religion
Secularism
Christentum
Säkularisierung
Zivilreligion
Secularisatie (maatschappij)
Ontkerkelijking.
Civil religion.
Nationale identiteit.
Kerk en staat.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Idols, Idolatry, and Unnecessary Suffering
  • 2. Starting on the Path to Secularity: The Agony of the Possible
  • 3. Heroes, Charismatic Figures, and Celebrities as Cultural Idols
  • 4. Brotherhoods, Sisterhoods, and Secularization: Creativity, Secularity, and the Creation of Space for the Present Generation
  • 5. Toward a Theory of a Society without Idols: From Civil Religion to Public Religiosity
  • 6. Stifling the Sociological Imagination
  • 7. Ambiguity, Controversy, and the Limits of Language as the Bearer of the Sacred
  • 8. Beyond Idolatry: Religionless Christianity.

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