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The Religious Critic in American Culture (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) by Dean, William D. is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Religious Critic in American Culture (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) about?
This book provides a new rationale for "religious criticism" in American society. First, Dean shows why today's academic intellectuals are relatively indifferent to questions of meaning in America, pointing to the loss of American "exceptionalism," the professionalization of the academy, and the rise of post-structural criticism. He then shows how intellectuals may reclaim a prophetic role by offering a new theory of the nature of religious thought. Tracing this theory to a t
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dean, William D.
- Publisher
- Albany: State University of New York Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791421147
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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