TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,Keith
TI  - The case for religion
SN  - 1851683372
AV  - BL 80.3 .W37 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oneworld
KW  - Religion
KW  - Religions
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - pt. 1. Religion defined and explained. Religion and the transcendent: in search of a definition -- Sick men's dreams? Explanations of religion as a survival of the savage mind -- The sigh of the oppressed: explanations of religion as a social construct -- Voices from the unconscious: explanations of religion in terms of psychology -- pt. 2. The great world religions. Rhythms of the spirit: the beginnings of religion -- Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- The way to enlightenment: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Taoism -- pt. 3. After enlightenment. The second revolution: from evidence to experience -- The dreams of reason: revelation and imagination -- Matters of morality: from autonomy to theonomy -- pt. 4. Convergent spirituality. Many paths, one goal? The continuing impact of the Enlightenment on world religions -- Indra's net: the spectrum of spiritual truth
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