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 R...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Quakers
/ Antitrinitarianism
/ Reconstructionism
/ God
/ Liberal theology
/ Secularization
/ Theism
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| Further subjects: | B
Theism
B Quakers History 20th century (United States) B Unitarians History 20th century (United States) B United States Religion B Religion B Liberalism (Religion) B Secularization (United States) B God B Society & culture: general B Reconstructionist Judaism History 20th century (United States) |
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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. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 24, 2022) |
| ISBN: | 019762426X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197624234.001.0001 |