God-Optional Religion in Twentieth-Century America: Quakers, Unitarians, Reconstructionist Jews, and the Crisis over Theism

God-Optional Religion in Twentieth-Century America provides a historical account of the idea that being religious and believing in God might be separate concepts. Isaac Barnes May focuses on the story of three groups-liberal Quakers, Unitarians, and the forerunners of what would become Reconstructio...

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Main Author: May, Isaac Barnes (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2022
In:Year: 2022
Further subjects:B Liberalism (Religion)
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780197624234
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Summary:God-Optional Religion in Twentieth-Century America provides a historical account of the idea that being religious and believing in God might be separate concepts. Isaac Barnes May focuses on the story of three groups-liberal Quakers, Unitarians, and the forerunners of what would become Reconstructionist Judaism-and how they attempted to preserve their faith in the modern world by redefining what it meant to be religious.
Cover -- God-Optional Religion in Twentieth-Century America -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ideas of God -- 1. Putting Away Childish Things -- 2. Scientists and Mystics -- 3. Why Be a Jew? -- 4. Outgrowing the Past -- 5. The Boundary With Godless Religion -- 6. Fruits Not Roots -- 7. Legalizing God-​Optional Religion -- Conclusion: The Spread of God-​Optionality -- Notes -- Index.
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ISBN:0197624243