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The Conflict Between Secular and Religious Narratives in the United States : Wittgenstein, Social Construction, and Communication

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016 [©2016]

1 online resource (185 pages)

Englisch

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Social Construction, Communication, and Christianity uses the theory of social construction and the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to examine the current divide between religious and secular narratives in the United States.

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 What Is Religion? -- 2 Stories and Sense-Making -- 3 Myth, Institutions, and the Web of Meaning -- 4 The Idea of Fundamentalism -- 5 The New Atheism -- 6 Religious and Secular Narratives in Public Debate -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.