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Deism and Social Ethics - The Role of Religion in the Third Millennium (Paperback, New)
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Deism and Social Ethics - The Role of Religion in the Third Millennium (Paperback, New)
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Religion in many parts of the world, in both politics and personal
life, for good or ill, is now exerting a greater influence than at
any time in living memory. There is now not merely a
cultural-religious confrontation between a worldwide Islam and what
it sees as an affluent agnostic West, but the worrying rise of
Christian fundamentalism in the most powerful nation on earth. And
the latter has its distinctive political agenda. Part of this
agenda entails a biased approach to the Israeli-Palestinian issue,
but the most significant aspect of all religiously-inspired
politics is self-righteousness, and the explosive mix which this
creates. These are situations which could never have been
anticipated a generation ago when it was assumed that secularism
had displaced the beliefs of the past as any longer of political
significance. The attitude of many thinking people, in Europe and
elsewhere, is to regard religion with askance whilst looking
towards the growth of a greater secularism in resolving difficult
issues. But such an approach is not an option. Religion is a
natural component of human nature and is unlikely to be eradicated
through modernism. Nonetheless, it is necessary to distinguish
between the benign and malign aspects of religion and those of the
different churches. Through surveying the traditions of the major
religions in today's world it is shown that those based on
revelation too often tend towards a tenacity of belief which leads
to irrationalism and then, in turn, to fanaticism. When this
mutates into political power it creates a dangerous cocktail which
may affect us all, as we have seen with 9/11, and later with the
bombings in London, Madrid, Bali, and elsewhere. Such threats can
only be met by reverting to the language of those who claim the
authority of God. And that means confronting religion with
religion. But such a challenge needs to come from an over-arching
religion without falsehood, or from the rational belief system of
deism which seeks to unify all those of goodwill under the umbrella
of an ethical religious consciousness. This book therefore presents
a vision for a regenerated deism for the 21st century in helping
resolve the most difficult conflicts of our time. The futility of
political confrontation, through a dualistic view of the world,
must be met by a new moral order amongst majorities everywhere in
bringing greater peace and security to our planet.
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