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Author Egginton, William, 1969-

Title In defense of religious moderation / William Egginton.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 158 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments (and Apologies); Introduction: An Uncertain Faith; 1 Dogmatic Atheism; 2 The Fundamentalism of Everyday Life; 3 The Language of God; 4 Faith in Science; 5 In Defense of Religious Moderation; Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading; Index.
Summary In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, he argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans, who, while identifying as Christians, Jews, and Muslims, do not find fault with those who support different faiths and philosophies. In fact, Egginton goes so far as to question whether fundamentalists and atheists truly oppose each other, united a.
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Subject Religions -- Relations.
Religions -- Relations.
Religious pluralism.
Religious pluralism.
Moderation -- Religious aspects.
Moderation -- Religious aspects.
Faith.
Faith.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9786613261014
ISBN 9780231520966 (electronic book)
0231520964 (electronic book)
9780231148788
023114878X
Standard No. 9786613261014