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

Informationen zum Autor By John Sumser Klappentext The Conflict Between Secular and Religious Narratives in the United States 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. Zusammenfassung The Conflict Between Secular and Religious Narratives in the United States 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1: What is Religion?Chapter 2: Stories and Sense-Making? Chapter 3: Myth, Institutions, and the Web of MeaningChapter 4: The Idea of FundamentalismChapter 5: The New AtheismChapter 6: Religious and Secular Narratives in Public DebateConclusion: Narratives and DivisionBibliographyAbout the Author

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• Authors: Sumser, John Sumser, Sumser John
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781498522083
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2208-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Christianity, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Christianity;Communication