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The meaning of belief : religion from an atheist's point of view, Tim Crane
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- Summary
- Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers a way out of this stalemate. An atheist himself, Tim Crane writes that there is a fundamental flaw with most atheists' basic approach: religion is not what they think it is. Atheists tend to treat religion as a kind of primitive cosmology, as the sort of explanation of the universe that science offers. They conclude that religious believers are irrational, superstitious, and bigoted. But this view of religion is almost entirely inaccurate. Crane offers an alternative account based on two ideas. The first is the idea of a religious impulse: the sense people have of something transcending the world of ordinary experience, even if it cannot be explicitly articulated. The second is the idea of identification: the fact that religion involves belonging to a specific social group and participating in practices that reinforce the bonds of belonging. Once these ideas are properly understood, the inadequacy of atheists' conventional conception of religion emerges. The Meaning of Belief does not assess the truth or falsehood of religion. Rather, it looks at the meaning of religious belief and offers a way of understanding it that both makes sense of current debate and also suggests what more intellectually responsible and practically effective attitudes atheists might take to the phenomenon of religion.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 207 pages
- Contents
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- Religion and the atheist's point of view
- The religious impulse
- Identification
- Religion and violence
- The meaning of tolerance
- Isbn
- 9780674088832
- Label
- The meaning of belief : religion from an atheist's point of view
- Title
- The meaning of belief
- Title remainder
- religion from an atheist's point of view
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Crane
- Title variation
- meaning of belief
- Title variation remainder
- religion from an atheists point of view
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers a way out of this stalemate. An atheist himself, Tim Crane writes that there is a fundamental flaw with most atheists' basic approach: religion is not what they think it is. Atheists tend to treat religion as a kind of primitive cosmology, as the sort of explanation of the universe that science offers. They conclude that religious believers are irrational, superstitious, and bigoted. But this view of religion is almost entirely inaccurate. Crane offers an alternative account based on two ideas. The first is the idea of a religious impulse: the sense people have of something transcending the world of ordinary experience, even if it cannot be explicitly articulated. The second is the idea of identification: the fact that religion involves belonging to a specific social group and participating in practices that reinforce the bonds of belonging. Once these ideas are properly understood, the inadequacy of atheists' conventional conception of religion emerges. The Meaning of Belief does not assess the truth or falsehood of religion. Rather, it looks at the meaning of religious belief and offers a way of understanding it that both makes sense of current debate and also suggests what more intellectually responsible and practically effective attitudes atheists might take to the phenomenon of religion.--
- Summary
- Current debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but they make no impact on believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. Noting that religion is not what atheists think it is, Tim Crane offers a way out of this stalemate
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- 10599385
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- Dewey number
- 202/.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD215
- LC item number
- .C823 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- religion from an atheist's point of view
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- The meaning of belief : religion from an atheist's point of view, Tim Crane
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Religion and the atheist's point of view -- The religious impulse -- Identification -- Religion and violence -- The meaning of tolerance
- Control code
- 21115735
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674088832
- Lccn
- 2017014817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn981993666
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- The meaning of belief : religion from an atheist's point of view, Tim Crane
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- Religion and the atheist's point of view -- The religious impulse -- Identification -- Religion and violence -- The meaning of tolerance
- Control code
- 21115735
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674088832
- Lccn
- 2017014817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)ocn981993666
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Subject
- trueAtheism
- trueAtheists
- Atheists -- Attitudes
- trueBelief and doubt
- Belief and doubt
- trueFaith
- Faith
- Psychology, Religious
- trueReligion
- Religious adherents
- trueReligious adherents
- trueReligious psychology
- trueSociety and culture -- Philosophy
- trueSpirituality and religion -- General
- trueToleration
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