A profound cultural shift is taking place in western societies: religion is in decline and secular worldviews are on the rise. At the same time, religion is taking more overtly political shapes and still affects our world in important, sometimes dangerous ways. This book examines two rival explanations for these trends, critiquing the popular notion that God has been "killed" by modern science, and offering a fresh take that draws on research in the social sciences to argue that greater socio-economic equality and moral values that favor tolerance are at the heart of our collective drift away from organized faith.…mehr
A profound cultural shift is taking place in western societies: religion is in decline and secular worldviews are on the rise. At the same time, religion is taking more overtly political shapes and still affects our world in important, sometimes dangerous ways. This book examines two rival explanations for these trends, critiquing the popular notion that God has been "killed" by modern science, and offering a fresh take that draws on research in the social sciences to argue that greater socio-economic equality and moral values that favor tolerance are at the heart of our collective drift away from organized faith.
Stephen LeDrew is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada. He is the author of The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: The Perils of Occam's Razor Chapter 2: A Science of Everything Chapter 3: The Darkness of Enlightenment Chapter 4: Rationally Right Chapter 5: Four More Horsemen Chapter 6: A Truthful Myth Chapter 7: The Long, Slow Death of God Chapter 8: The Causes of Religious Decline Chapter 9: America: The Exception That Proves the Rule Chapter 10: A Godless World?
Chapter 1: The Perils of Occam's Razor Chapter 2: A Science of Everything Chapter 3: The Darkness of Enlightenment Chapter 4: Rationally Right Chapter 5: Four More Horsemen Chapter 6: A Truthful Myth Chapter 7: The Long, Slow Death of God Chapter 8: The Causes of Religious Decline Chapter 9: America: The Exception That Proves the Rule Chapter 10: A Godless World?
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