9780271016788-0271016787-The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism

The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism

ISBN-13: 9780271016788
ISBN-10: 0271016787
Author: James C. Edwards
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Format: Paperback 262 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780271016788
ISBN-10: 0271016787
Author: James C. Edwards
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Format: Paperback 262 pages

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The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism (ISBN-13: 9780271016788 and ISBN-10: 0271016787), written by authors James C. Edwards, was published by Penn State University Press in 1997. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Religious (Philosophy, Religious Studies, History, Theology, Movements, Philosophy, Religious, World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Religious books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.64.

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What could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western intellectuals who inhabit just such a world, James C. Edwards investigates the loss of religion's traditional power in a culture characterized by what he calls "normal nihilism"—a situation in which one's commitment to a particular set of values is all one really has, and in which traditional religion is only a means of interpretation used to preserve what one most cares about. Recognizing the important historical role of religion in making us the people we are, he seeks to establish a viable understanding of religion without traditional beliefs and within the context of contemporary skepticism.

The Plain Sense of Things is a book more interested in the power of religion that in its truth and in what happens to that power when the claims to truth slacken their grip.

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