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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785991303321

Titolo

The Routledge companion to theism / / edited by Charles Taliaferro, Victoria S. Harrison, and Stewart Goetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-33822-5

1-283-64274-3

0-203-12329-8

1-136-33823-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (753 p.)

Collana

Routledge philosophy companions

Routledge religion companions

Altri autori (Persone)

GoetzStewart

HarrisonVictoria S

TaliaferroCharles

Disciplina

211/.3

Soggetti

Theism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. What is theism? -- pt. II. Theism and inquiry -- pt. III. Theism and the socio-political realm -- pt. IV. Theism and culture -- pt. V. Theism as a way of life.

Sommario/riassunto

There are deep and pervasive disagreements today in universities and colleges, and popular culture in general, over the credibility and value of belief in God.  This has given rise to an urgent need for a balanced, comprehensive, accessible resource book that can inform the public and scholarly debate over theism.  While scholars with as diverse interests as Daniel Dennett, Terry Eagleton, Richard Dawkins, Jürgen Habermas, and Rowan Williams have recently contributed books to this debate, ""theism"" as a concept remains poorly understood and requires a more thorough and systematic analysis