Religion in the national agenda :
Sommerville, C. John 1938-
Religion in the national agenda : what we mean by religious, spiritual, secular / C. John Sommerville. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2009. - xi, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-234) and index.
Growing confusion over religion and spirituality -- Defining "religious" and "religion" -- Why religion and education challenge each other -- Religion and the law -- Religion and political variety -- Science and reductionism -- Sciences of human life -- Religion and theologies at odds -- What we mean by secular.
C. John Sommerville examines common linguistic uses of the terms "religion," "religious," "spiritual," and "secular" in order to discern the proper use of these words in contemporary American culture. For example, he finds that, in English, "religion" is our word for a certain kind of response to a certain kind of power (the power and the response both being beyond anything else in our experience). Sommerville then redeploys these definitions to examine the ways that institutions in the fields of education, science, law, politics and religion are affected-often in unexpected ways-by a shared set of assumptions about what these words mean. --from publisher description
9781602581630 (hardback : alk. paper) 1602581630 (hardback : alk. paper)
2008011908
Religion.
Spirituality.
Secularism.
Religion and science.
Religion and politics.
BL 51 / .S621 2009
Religion in the national agenda : what we mean by religious, spiritual, secular / C. John Sommerville. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2009. - xi, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-234) and index.
Growing confusion over religion and spirituality -- Defining "religious" and "religion" -- Why religion and education challenge each other -- Religion and the law -- Religion and political variety -- Science and reductionism -- Sciences of human life -- Religion and theologies at odds -- What we mean by secular.
C. John Sommerville examines common linguistic uses of the terms "religion," "religious," "spiritual," and "secular" in order to discern the proper use of these words in contemporary American culture. For example, he finds that, in English, "religion" is our word for a certain kind of response to a certain kind of power (the power and the response both being beyond anything else in our experience). Sommerville then redeploys these definitions to examine the ways that institutions in the fields of education, science, law, politics and religion are affected-often in unexpected ways-by a shared set of assumptions about what these words mean. --from publisher description
9781602581630 (hardback : alk. paper) 1602581630 (hardback : alk. paper)
2008011908
Religion.
Spirituality.
Secularism.
Religion and science.
Religion and politics.
BL 51 / .S621 2009