God-botherers and Other True-believers : : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right / / F. G. Bailey.
When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the qual...
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Bailey, F. G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut God-botherers and Other True-believers : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right / F. G. Bailey. New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource (244 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I Faith and Politics -- 1 FAITH, REASON, AND CONSEQUENCES -- 2 RELIGION AND PERSUASION IN POLITICS -- Part II Antagonistic Religions -- 3 DESERT, MARKETPLACE, AND FORUM -- 4 THE NEED FOR ENEMIES -- Part III A Religion of Love -- 5 GANDHI The Freedom Fight -- 6 GANDHI’S CHARISMA -- 7 GANDHI’S RELIGION AND POLITICAL REALITY -- 8 THE FIRST CAUSE AND THE LAST WORD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the quality of life and it opens the way to charlatans who exploit the faith of others. Examining two unquestionable malignancies of “the Christian Right” in present-day politics in the United States and the “secular religion” of Hitler’s National Socialism, as well as the third, more complex case of Gandhi, the author asserts that we need religion, but we also need to make sure it does no harm. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022) Christian conservatism United States. National socialism. Religion and politics. Religious fundamentalism. Religious right United States. RELIGION / General. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450012 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450012 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780857450012/original |
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