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Author Egginton, William, 1969- author.

Title In defense of religious moderation / William Egginton
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 158 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments (and Apologies); Introduction: An Uncertain Faith; 1. Dogmatic Atheism; 2. The Fundamentalism of Everyday Life; 3. The Language of God; 4. Faith in Science; 5. In Defense of Religious Moderation; Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading; Index
Summary In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, he argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans, who, while identifying as Christians, Jews, and Muslims, do not find fault with those who support different faiths and philosophies. In fact, Egginton goes so far as to question whether fundamentalists and atheists truly oppose each other, united as they are in their commitment to a "code of codes."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Religions -- Relations.
Religious pluralism.
Moderation -- Religious aspects.
Faith.
faith.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Interfaith relations
Faith
Moderation -- Religious aspects
Religions
Religious pluralism
Religion.
Mäßigkeit.
Fundamentalismus.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010040793
ISBN 9780231520966
0231520964
1283261014
9781283261012
9786613261014
6613261017