Multi Secularism - A New Agenda

The contemporary world is witness to an intense controversy about secularism

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: The Battle for Secularism
Section 1 — Basic Categories
I: The Secular Humanist Prospect in Historical Perspective
II: Naturalism and the Future
III: Naturalism, Secularism, and Humanism
Section 2 — Secular Morality
IV: The Ethics of Secularism
V: Morality Is Natural
VI: Affirming Life
VII: The Pursuit of Excellence: Raising the Level of Taste and Appreciation
VIII: A Good Will
IX: Neo-Humanism
X: A Modified Naturalistic Ethical Theory
Section 3 — Secularism and Religion
XI: Skeptical Inquiry and Religion
XII: Why I Am a Skeptic about Religious Claims
XIII: Religion in Conflict: Are "Evangelical Atheists" Too Outspoken?
XIV: The Passion as a Political Weapon: Anti-Semitism and the Gospels
XV: Creating Secular and Humanist Alternatives to Religion
Section 4 — Humanism and Politics
XVI: Is America a Post-Democratic Society?
XVII: The New American Plutocracy
XVIII: Can We Bridge the Great Cultural Divide?
Section 5 — The Rise of India and China
XIX: The Industrial-Technological Revolution
XX: The New China and the Old
Section 6 — Personal Reflections
XXI: The Convictions of a Secular Humanist
XXII: The Transformation of Universities
XXIII: Final Reflections: Perhaps Facing Death
Index

Summary

The contemporary world is witness to an intense controversy about secularism

Product details

• Authors: Paul Kurtz
• Assisted by: Paul Kurtz (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2010
• EAN: 9781412814195
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1419-5
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist philosophy, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion