Dacey, Austin <br/><br/>
The secular conscience :  why belief belongs in public life 
/ Austin Dacey. 
 - Amherst, N.Y.  : Prometheus Books  , 2008. 
 - 269 p.  ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) and index. 
<br/><br/>How secularism lost its soul -- Why belief belongs in public life (and unbelievers should be glad) -- Spinoza's guide to theocracy -- Why there are no religions of the book -- Has God found science? -- Darwin made me do it -- Original virtue -- The search for the theory of everyone -- Ethics from below -- The Umma and the community of conscience -- The future is openness. 
<br/><br/> This book presents a cogent argument for secular liberalism. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781591026044 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Secularism<br/>Religion and ethics<br/>Religion and politics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2747.8  / .D23 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>211.6 DAC