The Agnostic Age

The Agnostic Age
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780199737727
ISBN-13 : 019973772X
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Download or read book The Agnostic Age written by Paul Horwitz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Argues that the fundamental reason for church-state conflict is our aversion to questions of religious truth. By trying to avoid the question of religious truth, law and religion has ultimately reached a state of incoherence. He asserts that the answer to this dilemma is to take the agnostic turn: to take an empathetic and imaginative approach to questions of religious truth, one that actually confronts rather than avoids these questions, but without reaching a final judgment about what that truth is"--Jacket.


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