The case for religion /
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Oxford :
Oneworld,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.