James t houk (6 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperbac. Zustand: Used: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDPhilosophy: Epistemology & Theory Of Knowledge: VERY Good trade paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1995. Caribbean, Mesoamerica. Temple University Press. 238p., fine paperback 11/23.

paperback. Zustand: Fine. New and unread with light creasing to covers and shelf wear to covers and closed pages to some copies. Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this examination of religion's influence on society, an anthropologist critiques fundamentalism and all mindsets based on rigid cultural certainties. The author argues that the future can only be safeguarded by a global humanistic outlook that recognizes and respects differing cultural perspectives and endorses the use of critical reason and empiricism. Houk coins the term "culturalism" to describe dogmatic viewpoints governed by culture-specific values and preconceived notions. Culturalism gives rise not only to fundamentalism in religion but also stereotypes about race, gender, and sexual orientation.Turning specifically to Christian fundamentalism, the author analyzes the many weaknesses of what he calls a faith-based epistemology, particularly as such thinking is displayed in young-earth creationism, the reliance on revelation and subjective experiences as a source of religious knowledge, and the reverence accorded the Bible despite its obvious flaws. As he points out, the problem with such cultural knowledge generally is that it is non-falsifiable and ultimately has no lasting value in contrast to the data-based and falsifiable knowledge produced by science, which continues to prove its worth as a reliable source of accurate information.Concluding that there is no future to the fundamentalist mindset in a diverse world where religion often exacerbates conflicts, he makes a strong case for reason and mutual tolerance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…