LEADER 02923nam 22006974a 450 001 9910465193603321 005 20211005061042.0 010 $a9786610531479 010 $a1-280-53147-9 010 $a1-4237-4573-6 010 $a1-60256-924-X 010 $a0-19-803285-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300008 035 $a(EBL)3052108 035 $a(OCoLC)62868628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10014028 035 $a(PQKB)10647270 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052108 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10142519 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279664 035 $a(OCoLC)191826121 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300008 100 $a20000620d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond idols$b[electronic resource] $ethe shape of a secular society /$fRichard K. Fenn 210 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-514369-8 311 $a0-19-983417-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Notes 327 $aBibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 8 $aThis 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. 606 $aSecularism$zUnited States 606 $aCivil religion$zUnited States 606 $aChristian sociology$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecularism 615 0$aCivil religion 615 0$aChristian sociology 676 $a306.6 700 $aFenn$b Richard K$0912141 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465193603321 996 $aBeyond idols$92487677 997 $aUNINA