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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Cultural memory in the present
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Cultural memory in the present.
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| Note |
"Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacré." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Prologue : the form of the sacred -- Imagining the end : a personal journey -- Science : a theology in spite of itself -- Religion : natural vs. supernatural -- Rationality and ritual : the Babylon lottery -- Justice and resentment : corruption of the best -- The nuclear menace : a new sacrament for humanity -- Epilogue : variations on vertigo. |
| Summary |
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls ""enlightened doomsaying, "" has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our ho. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Catastrophical, The.
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Catastrophical, The. |
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Faith and reason.
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Faith and reason. |
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Holy, The.
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Holy, The. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
DeBevoise, M. B., translator.
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| Added Title |
Marque du sacré. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013020552
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780804776899 080477689X (DLC) 2013007537 |
| ISBN |
0804788456 (electronic book) |
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9780804788458 (electronic book) |
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9780804776899 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080477689X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804776905 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0804776903 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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