Research Catalog

Title

Religion and modern man; a study of the religious meaning of being human [by] John B. Magee.

Author

Magee, John B. (John Benjamin), 1917-

Publication

New York, Harper & Row [1967]

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Details

Description

xiv, 510 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Religion
• Religion
• religion (discipline)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Part one -- General characteristics of religion -- An introduction to the study of religion -- What religion is -- Religions in space and time -- Part two -- Three classics of Asian religion -- Hinduism and the Bhagavad-Gita -- Buddhism and the Dhammapada -- Taoism and the Tao Tê Ching -- Part three -- Biblical religion -- Modern scholarship and the bible -- The literature and faith of the Old Testament -- The literature and faith of the New Testament -- The authority and significance of the Bible -- Part four -- Religion in modern western culture -- The mind of the modern west -- Religion takes account of modernity -- Contemporary literature: mirror of man in crisis -- Beyond modernity: faith rediscovers its message -- Part five -- Social and psychological dimensions of religion -- Religion and society -- Religion and personality -- The ethics of divine-human dialogue -- The responsible person -- The responsible society -- The world religions in dialogue -- Part six -- Logic, science, and God -- The logic of religious language -- Science and religion -- The nature of religious knowledge -- The knowledge of God -- The problem of evil -- Part seven -- The religious meaning of being human -- The need for roots -- The need for hope -- The need for communion -- Epilogue: The need for decision: a faith of one's own.

LCCN

67015791

OCLC

• ocm00643132
• 643132
• SCSB-103638

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library