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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Auteur principal: May, Isaac Barnes (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Dans:Année: 2023
Collection/Revue:Oxford scholarship online
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Quakers / Antitrinitarisme / Reconstructionnisme / Dieu / Théologie libérale / Sécularisation / Théisme
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:'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.
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