Plain Sense of Things - Ppr.: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism

by Edwards, James C.
ISBN: 9780271016788
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Overview

What could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western intellectuals who inhabit just such a world, James C. Edwards investigates the loss of religion's traditional power in a culture characterized by what he calls "normal nihilism"--a situation in which one's commitment to a particular set of values is all one really has, and in which traditional religion is only a means of interpretation used to preserve what one most cares about. Recognizing the important historical role of religion in making us the people we are, he seeks to establish a viable understanding of religion without traditional beliefs and within the context of contemporary skepticism.

The Plain Sense of Things is a book more interested in the power of religion that in its truth and in what happens to that power when the claims to truth slacken their grip.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Edwards, James C.
  • ISBN: 9780271016788
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.04 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 262
  • Publication Year: 1997