America's secular challenge : the rise of a new national religion / Herbert London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

London, Herbert I., 1939-

Series:

Brief encounters (New York, N.Y.)

Brief encounters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this timely and wide-ranging book, one of America's leading public intellectuals explores the rise of radical secular humanism as a religious experience. London shows that while secular humanism has it's saints, sinners, and even its quasi-religious rituals, it is too anemic and self-centered a philosophy of life to serve America and the West in its battle against the threat of radical Islam.

Contents:

Introduction

Secularism : America's new religion

Truth as a relative concept

The limitations of science

Government's rationalist largesse

Patriotism as a moral problem

Tolerance, discrimination, and discernment

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-48770-1

9786612487705

1-59403-277-7

OCLC:

551888864