000921758 000__ 02278cam\a2200409\i\4500 000921758 001__ 921758 000921758 005__ 20210515190055.0 000921758 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000921758 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000921758 008__ 200123r20202019enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000921758 020__ $$a9780190099602 $$q(electronic book) 000921758 035__ $$a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002172253 000921758 040__ $$aStDuBDS$$beng$$cStDuBDS$$erda$$epn 000921758 050_4 $$aBL60 000921758 08204 $$a306.6$$223 000921758 1001_ $$aGifford, Paul,$$d1944-$$eauthor. 000921758 24514 $$aThe plight of Western religion :$$bthe eclipse of the other-worldly /$$cPaul Gifford. 000921758 264_1 $$aLondon :$$bHurst & Company,$$c2020. 000921758 300__ $$a1 online resource. 000921758 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000921758 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000921758 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000921758 4901_ $$aOxford scholarship online 000921758 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000921758 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000921758 5208_ $$a'Religion' can be used to mean all kinds of things, but a substantive definition - based on the premise of superhuman powers - can clarify much. It allows us to attempt to differentiate religion from culture, ethnicity, morality and politics. This definition of religion necessarily implies a perception of reality. Until recent centuries in the West, and in most cultures still, the ordinary, natural and immediate way of understanding and experiencing reality was in terms of otherworldly or spiritual forces. However, a cognitive shift has taken place through the rise of science and its subsequent technological application. This new consciousness has not disproved the existence of spiritual forces, but has led to the marginalization of the other-worldly, which even Western churches seem to accept. 000921758 521__ $$aSpecialized. 000921758 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 23, 2020). 000921758 650_0 $$aReligion and sociology. 000921758 650_0 $$aChristianity$$zWestern countries. 000921758 650_0 $$aSupernatural (Theology) 000921758 650_0 $$aBelief and doubt. 000921758 77608 $$iPrint version: $$z9780190095871 000921758 830_0 $$aOxford scholarship online. 000921758 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online 000921758 85640 $$3Oxford scholarship online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190095871.001.0001$$zOnline Access 000921758 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:921758$$pGLOBAL_SET 000921758 980__ $$aEBOOK 000921758 980__ $$aBIB 000921758 982__ $$aEbook 000921758 983__ $$aOnline