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Will Humanity Survive Religion?: Beyond Divisive Absolutes

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.6 cm

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For seekers of unity in diverse religious beliefs

Explores how rigid beliefs can divide humanity

You will gain insights for fostering understanding and peace

This thought-provoking book challenges the absolutes of religion for a more inclusive ethic.

When the "human sciences" in the West followed the physical sciences in the 18th and 19th centuries with new measurements, methods, and language, the "metaphysics of infinity" lost its credibility. The response of Western religions was to retrench in a stronger authoritarianism, especially by the last half of the 19th century. While the new human sciences were being extended even to study the history and philosophy of religions, those religions themselves placed more emphasis on their understanding of the Absolute or Unquestionable. That split became a burden both to those who were religious and to those who were not. Here, W. Royce Clark argues that humanity's survival may depend on the development of a universal or inclusive ethic in which religions move beyond their Absolutes. Clark poses the sharp challenge: Are religious communities ready to abandon the foundations that until now they have insisted were the only adequate foundation for ethics?
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An Ethic of Trust: Mutual Autonomy and the Common Will to LiveWill Humanity Survive Religion?: Beyond Divisive Absolutes

  • Title

    Will Humanity Survive Religion?: Beyond Divisive Absolutes

  • Author

    W. Royce Clark

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    June 2020

  • Weight

    977g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978708556

  • ISBN-10

    1978708556

  • Eden Code

    5592481

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