God-optional religion in twentieth-century America : Quakers, Unitarians, reconstructionist Jews, and the crisis over theism /

"This book is about the relationship between the American religious left and secularization. It explores how three liberal religions -liberal Quakers, Unitarians, and Reconstructionist Jews- attempted to preserve their traditions in the modern world by redefining what it meant to be religious....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: May, Isaac Barnes (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Table of 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