Dishonest to God: On Keeping Religion Out of Politics
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Here is a pugnacious book by a philosopher who often hits the headlines. The book reflects on the nature of religion and how it relates or ought to relate to the rest of life. ? Many?people today are totally indifferent to religion but religion is far from dead. Indeed religions are intensely defended and aggressively pursued. Religion is a cause for dissension and death. This is beyond dispute. ? Mary Warnock is concerned with Christianity.? She argues that to value religion as the essential foundation of morality is a profound and probably dangerous mistake. Warnock's overriding?purpose is to prise apart religion and morality. Judges for example are constantly being asked to pass judgement on moral issues in court. Because of The Human Rights Act, the law perforce is involved. Morality is therefore increasingly a public and not just a private matter. ? This book?attempts to clarify the foundation of morality in a society largely indifferent to and ignorant of religion. Religion nevertheless emerges as a source of deep and unique imaginative experience.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1441127127
ISBN13:9781441127129
Release Date:April 2010
Publisher:Continuum
Length:172 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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