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020 _a9781591026044
050 0 0 _aBL2747.8
_b.D23 2008
082 1 _a211.6 DAC
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100 1 _aDacey, Austin
245 1 4 _aThe secular conscience :
_bwhy belief belongs in public life
_c/ Austin Dacey.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y.
_b: Prometheus Books
_c, 2008.
300 _a269 p.
_c; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) and index.
505 0 _aHow 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.
520 _aThis book presents a cogent argument for secular liberalism.
546 _aEnglish.
650 4 _a Secularism
650 4 _aReligion and ethics
650 4 _aReligion and politics
942 _cMO
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