Hallowed secularism
Subtitle: theory, belief, practice
By: Bruce Ledewitz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230614024
Subjects: Secularism -- United States; United States -- Religion
Description: "In this book, former Yeshiva student turned secularist Bruce Ledewitz proposes a reformation in secular thinking. He shows that in opposition to today's aggressive atheism, religious sources are necessary if secularism is to promote fulfilling human relationships and peaceful international relations. Amid signs that secularism is growing in unhealthy ways, Ledewitz proposes a new secular way to live, in which elements of religion, humanism, and materialism are combined to create something at once quite old and startlingly new."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Why hallowed secularism is necessary and how it is possible. Secularists' indifference and hostility toward religion; title: The roots of secularism; title: The failure of secularism; title: Sources of depth in hallowed secularism; title: Pt. II. The beliefs and practices of hallowed secularism. The framework of hallowed secularism; title: The public life of hallowed secularism; title: The local life of hallowed secularism; title: The international life of hallowed secularism; title: Pt. III. The meaning of hallowed secularism. Beyond religion; title: Beyond humanism; title: Beyond materialsim; title: The possibility of hope.