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200 14$aThe decline of the secular university$b[electronic resource] /$fC. John Sommerville
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (158 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 1 The Marginalization of Our Universities; 2 Trouble Defining the Human; 3 Trouble Maintaining the Fact/Value Dichotomy; 4 Trouble Eliminating Religion; 5 Trouble Judging Religions; 6 Science Gets Strange; 7 Teaching about Secularism, or Teaching Secularism?; 8 Losing a Sense of History; 9 Moralizing as a Bad Habit; 10 How Religious Scholars Could Contribute; 11 Postsecularism and the University; 12 A Vision of the Future; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
330   $aThe American university has embraced a thorough secularism that makes it increasingly marginal in a society that is characterized by high levels of religious belief. The very secularization that was supposed to be a liberating influence has resulted in the university's failure to provide leadership in political, cultural, social, and even scientific arenas. In The Decline of the Secular University, C. John Sommerville explores several different ways in which the secular university fails in its mission through its trivialization of religion. He notes how little attention is being given to defin
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