03217nam 2200625Ia 450 991046233290332120211210235117.01-283-58413-197866138965820-520-95426-210.1525/9780520954267(CKB)2670000000237835(EBL)1013614(OCoLC)821864865(SSID)ssj0000705073(PQKBManifestationID)11377325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000705073(PQKBWorkID)10619163(PQKB)10482435(MiAaPQ)EBC1013614(DE-B1597)520123(OCoLC)809617587(DE-B1597)9780520954267(Au-PeEL)EBL1013614(CaPaEBR)ebr10595417(CaONFJC)MIL389658(EXLCZ)99267000000023783520120312d2012 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe God problem[electronic resource] expressing faith and being reasonable /Robert WuthnowBerkeley University of California Pressc20121 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27428-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Introduction --ONE. Dangerous Dogma --TWO. Talking to God --THREE. Big Scary Catastrophes --FOUR. Heaven Is a Wonderful Place --FIVE. Jesus Sets You Free --SIX. Billions of Galaxies --SEVEN. Conclusion: Don't be spooky or weird --Appendix --Selected Bibliography --IndexThe United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of "joiners." Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this-not by coming up with rational proofs for the existence of God-but by adopting subtle usages of language that keep us from making unreasonable claims about God. In an illuminating narrative that reveals the complex negotiations many undertake in order to be religious in the modern world, Wuthnow probes the ways of talking that occur in prayers, in discussions about God, in views of heaven, in understandings of natural catastrophes and personal tragedies, and in attempts to reconcile faith with science.Faith and reasonChristianityPhilosophical theologyElectronic books.Faith and reasonChristianity.Philosophical theology.212Wuthnow Robert882687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462332903321The God problem2456566UNINA