W. Royce Clark

Will Humanity Survive Religion?

Beyond Divisive Absolutes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book answers the question of how the world can agree on an ethic when each religion thinks the ethic must be grounded only on its unique Absolute. W. Royce Clark argues that humanity's survival may depend on a universal or inclusive ethic in which religions move beyond their Absolutes or unquestionable premises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1039g
• ISBN-13: 9781978708556
• ISBN-10: 1978708556
• Artikelnr.: 58703518

Autorenporträt

W. Royce Clark is professor emeritus of Pepperdine University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preliminary Considerations: The "Camel" Burdened with a Metaphysical
Absolute
Chapter 1. Religion's Divisive Burden as Absolutism in a Scientific and
Pluralistic Age
Chapter 2. The Absolute's Divisive Burden in Segregating Humanity
Chapter 3. Inflexible Faith in the Absolute: The Burden of the Loss of Self
Chapter 4. The Absolute and its Burden of Miracles, Mystery, and Authority
Chapter 5. Fantasy vs. Reality: The Burden of Reason's Limits
Chapter 6. Inhumane Faith: The Burden of Death as Evil or as Divine
Punishment
Chapter 7. The Burden of Religion's Historical/Mythical Claims and the
Slippage of Categories
Chapter 8. The "Ugly Ditch": The Burden of Historical Data's Dead End
Chapter 9. That Same "Ditch": The Dead End of the Historical/Mythological
Chapter 10. The Greatest Burden "After Auschwitz": The Dead End of God as a
Historical Liberator
Chapter 11. Conclusion and Challenges