03054nam 22007574a 450 991096294180332120251116233924.00-19-028673-397866105314791-280-53147-91-4237-4573-61-60256-924-X0-19-803285-4(CKB)2560000000300008(EBL)3052108(OCoLC)62868628(SSID)ssj0000085562(PQKBManifestationID)11123635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085562(PQKBWorkID)10014028(PQKB)10647270(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074995(Au-PeEL)EBL3052108(CaPaEBR)ebr10142519(CaONFJC)MIL53147(Au-PeEL)EBL279664(OCoLC)191826121(Au-PeEL)EBL7036017(MiAaPQ)EBC3052108(MiAaPQ)EBC279664(MiAaPQ)EBC7036017(OCoLC)44541813(FINmELB)ELB163131(EXLCZ)99256000000030000820000620d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond idols the shape of a secular society /Richard K. Fenn1st ed.Oxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514369-8 0-19-983417-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Idols, Idolatry, and Unnecessary Suffering; 2 Starting on the Path to Secularity: The Agony of the Possible; 3 Heroes, Charismatic Figures, and Celebrities as Cultural Idols; 4 Brotherhoods, Sisterhoods, and Secularization: Creativity, Secularity, and the Creation of Space for the Present Generation; 5 Toward a Theory of a Society without Idols: From Civil Religion to Public Religiosity; 6 Stifling the Sociological Imagination; 7 Ambiguity, Controversy, and the Limits of Language as the Bearer of the Sacred; 8 Beyond Idolatry: Religionless Christianity; NotesBibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis study attempts to articulate the nature of a secular society, describe its benefits, and suggest the conditions under which such a society could emerge. To become secular, argues Fenn, is to open oneself to a wide range of possibilities.SecularismUnited StatesCivil religionUnited StatesChristian sociologyUnited StatesSecularismCivil religionChristian sociology306.6Fenn Richard K912141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962941803321Beyond idols4463089UNINA