In the 1960s many sociologists proclaimed traditional religion to be in its death throes. But, just as secularization gained nearly universal acceptance among scholars, religious resurgence burst forth from many directions - new religious movements and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism for example. In A Future for Religion?, contributors ask whether, if such dynamic forces are at work, is religion really dying? They discuss issues usually excluded from books on the sociology of religion - including religious experience, emotional renewal, religion and the body.
How Christians can both value their own faith and express their convictions about Christianity yet simultaneously respect the faith of other religious people is the topic of this book. Devoted to developing a set of Catholic Christian responses to this problem, J.A. DiNoia starts from the conviction that no helpful answers can be forthcoming ......
Shows how the never-ending controversy of human evolution came to be. This book details the events that caused thinkers like Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution, and what ideas caused some people to reconcile a somewhat mystical theology with a concrete model of the universe.
Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security
Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised new questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation.
In this historical overview of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism, Marsden provides an introduction to the growing religious movements and a deeper analysis of two themes that have been especially prominent and controversial in these traditions ? views of science and views of politics.
Offers reasons to support the view that the aims of science - logical compatibility and clarity of explanation based upon observable data and experience - are preferable to religion's reliance on tradition, mystery, parable, and revelation.
Offers an examination of three controversial court cases. This book delves into the minds of those who believe that faith or magic alone can cure physical and emotional ills.
From its founding in 1980, "Free Inquiry" magazine has been 'on the barricades' in America's civil struggle between the forces of tolerance, reason, and humanism, and those of religious dogmatism. It enlisted a band of contributors to affirm freedoms of thought and self-determination. This title collects various "Free Inquiry" articles.
