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The Religious Critic in American Culture

[Paperback]

by William Dean

    • Author

      William Dean

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      State University of New York Press

    • Published

      August 1994

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      The Religious Critic in American Culture

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      Product Description

      This book provides a new rationale for "religious criticism" in American society. First, Dean shows why today's academic intellectuals are relatively indifferent to questions of meaning in America, pointing to the loss of American "exceptionalism," the professionalization of the academy, and the rise of post-structural criticism. He then shows how intellectuals may reclaim a prophetic role by offering a new theory of the nature of religious thought. Tracing this theory to a twentieth-century emphasis on conventions, Dean provides a way to understand how imaginative social constructions can become active historical conventions, with real historical force. He suggests that the sacred itself begins as an imaginative construct and becomes a convention, thus working as an active, "living" force in history. Finally, Dean argues that religious critics must now reclaim a responsibility for shaping their society's sacred conventions.

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      • Author

        William Dean

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        State University of New York Press

      • Published

        August 1994

      • Weight

        368g

      • Page Count

        256

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780791421147

      • ISBN-10

        0791421147

      • Eden Code

        1194262

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      • Author/Creator: William Dean

      • ISBN: 9780791421147

      • Publisher: State University of New York Press

      • Release Date: August 1994

      • Weight: 368g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 1194262

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