The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective"The secular city has indeed become a religious cause celebre. It has earned a phenomenal readership--over a quarter of a million copies sold in little over a year--and inspired a heated controversy in the press and at every level of American society. The most articulate pro's and con's have already been collected and published in a volume entitled The secular City Debate. The debate continues. This NEW REVISED EDITION, in Harvey cox's words, "enables me to correct some of the more egregious overstatements, tone down an occasional vivid passage, and respond at points to helpful criticisms the book has elicited. I have made alterations in order to clarify my basic argument, not to change it. In short, I still stand by the major theses of Secular City without reservation."" - Publisher |
Contents
The Biblical Sources of Secularization | 15 |
The Shape of the Secular City | 33 |
The Style of the Secular City | 52 |
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