03817nam 2200673 a 450 991080689740332120200520144314.01-283-26101-497866132610140-231-52096-410.7312/eggi14878(CKB)2550000000050978(EBL)908805(OCoLC)818856358(SSID)ssj0000537845(PQKBManifestationID)12242331(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537845(PQKBWorkID)10554716(PQKB)11182683(StDuBDS)EDZ0000454965(MiAaPQ)EBC908805(DE-B1597)458829(OCoLC)979620430(DE-B1597)9780231520966(Au-PeEL)EBL908805(CaPaEBR)ebr10492546(CaONFJC)MIL326101(EXLCZ)99255000000005097820101005d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of religious moderation /William EggintonNew York Columbia University Pressc20111 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-14878-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-147) and index.Frontmatter -- 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 -- IndexIn his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse-no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example-and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, Egginton 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." In his view, being a religious fundamentalist does not require adhering to a particular religious creed. Fundamentalists-and stringent atheists-unconsciously believe that the methods we use to understand the world are all versions of an underlying master code. This code of codes represents an ultimate truth, explaining everything. Surprisingly, perhaps the most effective weapon against such thinking is religious moderation, a way of believing that questions the very possibility of a code of codes as the source of all human knowledge. The moderately religious, with their inherent skepticism toward a master code, are best suited to protect science, politics, and other diverse strains of knowledge from fundamentalist attack, and to promote a worldview based on the compatibility between religious faith and scientific method.ReligionsRelationsReligious pluralismModerationReligious aspectsFaithReligionsRelations.Religious pluralism.ModerationReligious aspects.Faith.201/.5Egginton William1969-695833MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806897403321In defense of religious moderation3963314UNINA