The Politics at God's Funeral: The Spiritual Crisis of Western CivilizationArgues that the concept of God is vanishing, causing a widespread erosion of moral and social values, and calls for a union between faith and anti-faith to create a society in which people can discover new values |
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Contents
The Crisis of Faith and Reason | 12 |
To Kill God and Build a Church | 35 |
The Inverted World | 58 |
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The Politics at God's Funeral: The Spiritual Crisis of Western Civilization Michael Harrington No preview available - 1983 |
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| Title | The Politics at God's Funeral: The Spiritual Crisis of Western Civilization Penguin books |
| Author | Michael Harrington |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0140076891, 9780140076899 |
| Length | 308 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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