The God problem [[electronic resource] ] : expressing faith and being reasonable / / Robert Wuthnow
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Wuthnow Robert
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| Titolo: |
The God problem [[electronic resource] ] : expressing faith and being reasonable / / Robert Wuthnow
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 212 |
| Soggetto topico: | Faith and reason - Christianity |
| Philosophical theology | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | american history |
| anthropology | |
| books about religion | |
| coffee table books | |
| comparative religion | |
| easy to read | |
| engaging | |
| evolution of religion | |
| faith and science | |
| faith impact on culture | |
| faith | |
| history of religion | |
| home school history books | |
| informative books | |
| learning from experts | |
| leisure reads | |
| page turner | |
| philosophy | |
| power of god | |
| religion in america | |
| religion in modern world | |
| religious studies | |
| science religion | |
| social science | |
| sociology religion | |
| spirituality | |
| united states history | |
| various faiths | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Dangerous Dogma -- TWO. Talking to God -- THREE. Big Scary Catastrophes -- FOUR. Heaven Is a Wonderful Place -- FIVE. Jesus Sets You Free -- SIX. Billions of Galaxies -- SEVEN. Conclusion: Don't be spooky or weird -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of "joiners." Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this-not by coming up with rational proofs for the existence of God-but by adopting subtle usages of language that keep us from making unreasonable claims about God. In an illuminating narrative that reveals the complex negotiations many undertake in order to be religious in the modern world, Wuthnow probes the ways of talking that occur in prayers, in discussions about God, in views of heaven, in understandings of natural catastrophes and personal tragedies, and in attempts to reconcile faith with science. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The God problem |
| ISBN: | 1-283-58413-1 |
| 9786613896582 | |
| 0-520-95426-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785538903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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