God-botherers and Other True-believers : : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right /

God-botherers and Other True-believers : : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right / / F. G. Bailey.

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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.,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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