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Atheism as a positive social force [electronic resource] / Raymond W. Converse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Converse, Raymond W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atheism--History.
- Atheism.
- Religions--History.
- Religions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recent disasters have raised new questions concerning the role of religion in society. Converse does not oppose religion per se; he outlines the growth of religion from a modern historical perspective and shows how atheism can be applied as a positive alt
- Contents:
- The origin of religion : the earliest beliefs
- The early written records
- Modern religion in the Near East and Rome
- Christianity, Persia, and Islam
- Modern religious thought and the birth of atheism
- A redefinition of atheism
- Atheism as a positive social force
- Atheism in the U.S.
- Atheism as the arbiter of social self-interest
- The task of atheism
- Atheism and Islam.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233).
- ISBN:
- 9786610655922
- 0-87586-229-2
- 1-280-65592-5
- 0-585-45084-6
- OCLC:
- 476113960
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