Praise of the secular
Auteur :
Vahanian, Gabriel
Éditeur :
University of Virginia Press
ISBN :
9780813927015
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2008
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
422 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Conservative religious figures routinely warn against the dangers of secularization, just as proponents of the modern secular state decry the theocratic tendencies of religion. Both sides assume that the sacred and the secular are diametrically opposed. This work calls such misbegotten assumptions into question. The problem lies elsewhere.