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BL
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1003736
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b758106
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| Main Entry
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Fenn, Richard K.
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| Title & Author
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Beyond idols : : the shape of a secular society /\ Richard K. Fenn.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford [England] ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (196 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195143698
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: 1423745736
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: 9780195143690
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: 9781423745730
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Idols, Idolatry, and Unnecessary Suffering -- 2. Starting on the Path to Secularity: The Agony of the Possible -- 3. Heroes, Charismatic Figures, and Celebrities as Cultural Idols -- 4. Brotherhoods, Sisterhoods, and Secularization: Creativity, Secularity, and the Creation of Space for the Present Generation -- 5. Toward a Theory of a Society without Idols: From Civil Religion to Public Religiosity -- 6. Stifling the Sociological Imagination -- 7. Ambiguity, Controversy, and the Limits of Language as the Bearer of the Sacred -- 8. Beyond Idolatry: Religionless Christianity.
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This study attempts to articulate the nature of a secular society, describe its benefits, and suggest the conditions under which such a society could emerge. To become secular, argues Fenn, is to open oneself to a wide range of possibilities.
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Christian sociology-- United States.
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Civil religion-- United States.
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Secularism-- United States.
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Religion civile-- États-Unis.
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Sécularisation-- États-Unis.
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Sociologie religieuse-- Christianisme-- États-Unis.
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Christentum
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Christian sociology.
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Civil religion.
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Säkularisierung
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Secularism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology of Religion.
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Zivilreligion
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Civil religion.
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Kerk en staat.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Ontkerkelijking.
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Secularisatie (maatschappij)
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.6
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| LC Classification
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BL2747.8.F463 2001eb
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11.05bcl
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11.08bcl
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5,1ssgn
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71.41bcl
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