Title:
True religion
Author:
Ward, Graham, 1955-
ISBN:
9780631221739
9780631221746
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Physical Description:
ix, 168 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
Blackwell manifestos
Blackwell manifestos.
Contents:
Religion before and after secularism -- True religion and temporal gods -- True religion and consumption -- True religion and special effect.
Abstract:
Through reference to plays, poetry, painting, novels and films, this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in the Western world, charting changes in our understanding of the term from Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie, pointing out how closely linked those changes are to secularism, liberalism and the development of capitalism.