John Sumser

The Conflict Between Secular and Religious Narratives in the United States (eBook, PDF)

Wittgenstein, Social Construction, and Communication

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. Sumser analyzes how Americans apply religious and secular reasoning to contemporary social problems, and explains the resurgence of religious worldviews and the simultaneous growth of an assertive form of atheism in America. This book is recommended for scholars of communication studies, religious studies, sociology, philosophy, and history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216336136
• Artikelnr.: 74396938

Autorenporträt

John Susmer is professor in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: What is Religion? Chapter 2: Stories and Sense-Making?
Chapter 3: Myth, Institutions, and the Web of Meaning Chapter 4: The Idea
of Fundamentalism Chapter 5: The New Atheism Chapter 6: Religious and
Secular Narratives in Public Debate Conclusion: Narratives and Division
Bibliography About the Author