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Author King, Mike, 1953-

Title Secularism : the hidden origins of disbelief / Mike King
Published Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (323 pages)
Contents Issues in secularism and culture -- Articulating spiritual difference -- Returning to the roots -- Bhakti and jnani in Western development -- The undefended Western 'God'
Summary Spirituality is a difficult subject in the modern world. Everywhere, from popular media to the university, from the bookshelf to the dinner table, religions are derided or marginalised and public figures, such as Richard Dawkins, set upon anyone who admits to a belief in God. It seems that science and religion are fundamentally at odds and that a mutual respect is unacceptable to either in their parallel pursuit of 'truth'. Yet the majority of Enlightenment authors engaged with both science and spirituality and did not lose their faith. Today we tend to see these authors as not having applied
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-310) and index
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Subject Secularism.
Faith.
faith.
RELIGION -- Agnosticism.
RELIGION -- Philosophy.
Faith
Secularism
Secularisatie (maatschappij)
Geloof en wetenschap.
Secularism.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008411248
ISBN 9780227900031
0227900030
1282578162
9781282578166
9786612578168
6612578165