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Author Smart, Ninian, 1927-2001.

Title Beyond ideology : religion and the future of Western civilization / Ninian Smart.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Harper & Row, [1981]
©1981

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  BL80.2 .S593 1981    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 350 pages ; 21 cm
Note "Gifford lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh, 1979-1980."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The world's religions and ideologies in interaction -- Towards a theory of the configurations of religion -- Christianity seen from Adam's peak -- Reflections on Buddhism and Christianity -- The great vehicle and the protestant spirit -- The Buddhist meaning of Christianity, the Christian meaning of Buddhism -- Secular ideologies -- The Chinese experience in the modern world -- Secular ideology, religion and science -- Postscript: Towards a new worldview.
Subject Religions.
Religions.
Ideology.
Ideology.
Secularism.
Secularism.
Added Author University of Edinburgh.
ISBN 0060674024