Author:
Glausser, Wayne, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Descriptionxiv, 206 pages ; 21 cm
Note:Entanglement : an introduction (with Starbucks cups and stem cells) -- The rhetoric of new atheism -- The rhetoric of faithful science -- Christians and adversaries in the evolving Norton anthology of English literature : old-time religion and the new academic market -- The curious case of Pope Francis -- The seven deadly sins : summa theologica meets scientific American -- Psychedelic last rites.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.
Note:"This book offers a fresh perspective on debates surrounding religious and secular thinking. In each chapter, the author focuses on a topic of contemporary relevance in which something old (the sacrament of extreme unction, Greek rhetorical tropes, scholastic theology) entangles with something new (psilocybin therapy for the dying, the New Atheism, cognitive science). The author uses the term "entanglement" to describe his distinctive approach to the relationship between religion and secularity. The concept of entanglement refers to a contentious but oddly intimate relationship in which secular ideas compete with corresponding religious convictions, but neither side wins by displacing the other." --Publisher's description.
