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In Defense of Religious Moderation
William Egginton
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAF; HRAM6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
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-no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example-and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, Egginton 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 ... Read more
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-no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example-and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, Egginton 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231148795
SKU
V9780231148795
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99-15
About William Egginton
William Egginton is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Center at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered In the Modern World (2016); The Theater of Truth: The Ideology of (Neo)Baroque Aesthetics (2009); A Wrinkle in History (2007); The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, ... Read more
Reviews for In Defense of Religious Moderation
The argument made by William Egginton on behalf of religious moderation is a clear, nuanced, and important one. It shows how the critique of religion offered by well-known atheist authors is guilty of the same fundamentalist logic of which they are so critical. Egginton writes with great ease and clarity, and his many examples drawn from legal cases, popular culture, ... Read more