The decline of the secular university [[electronic resource] /] / C. John Sommerville

• Autore: Sommerville C. John (Charles John), <1938->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.73
• Soggetto topico: Church and college - United States; Universities and colleges - United States - Religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The decline of the secular university
• ISBN: 9786613020567; 1-283-02056-4; 0-19-977484-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465274603321
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