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007			Hard bound
008			080820s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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040			_aBTCTA _cBTCTA _dBAKER _dYDXCP _dOCLCQ _dOrLoB-B
082			_222 _bLE-H _a211.6
100	1		_aLedewitz, Bruce _956458
245	1	0	_aHallowed secularism _btheory, belief, practice
260			_aNew York _bPalgrave Macmillan _c2009
300			_axii,224 p. _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index.
505	0	0	_gPt. I. _tWhy hallowed secularism is necessary and how it is possible -- _g1. _tSecularists' indifference and hostility toward religion -- _g2. _tThe roots of secularism -- _g3. _tThe failure of secularism -- _g4. _tSources of depth in hallowed secularism -- _gPt. II. _tThe beliefs and practices of hallowed secularism -- _g5. _tThe framework of hallowed secularism -- _g6. _tThe public life of hallowed secularism -- _g7. _tThe local life of hallowed secularism -- _g8. _tThe international life of hallowed secularism -- _gPt. III. _tThe meaning of hallowed secularism -- _g9. _tBeyond religion -- _g10. _tBeyond humanism -- _g11. _tBeyond materialism -- _g12. _tThe possibility of hope.
520	1		_a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aSecularism _zUnited States. _956459
651		0	_aUnited States _xReligion. _956460
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