{"product_id":"end-of-secularism-9781433506543","title":"End of Secularism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis ambitious work offers one of the most comprehensive attacks on secularism yet attempted. Hunter Baker argues that advocates of secularism misunderstand the borders between science, religion, and politics and cannot solve the problem of religious difference.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity scholars have spent decades subjecting religion to critical scrutiny. But what would happen if they turned their focus on secularism? Hunter Baker seeks the answer to that question by putting secularism under the microscope and carefully examining its origins, its context, its claims, and the viability of those claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of Baker's analysis is \u003cem\u003eThe End of Secularism\u003c\/em\u003e. He reveals that secularism fails as an instrument designed to create superior social harmony and political rationality to that which is available with theistic alternatives. Baker also demonstrates that secularism is far from the best or only way to enjoy modernity's fruits of religious liberty, free speech, and democracy. \u003cem\u003eThe End of Secularism\u003c\/em\u003e declares the demise of secularism as a useful social construct and upholds the value of a public square that welcomes all comers, religious and otherwise, into the discussion. The message of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Secularism\u003c\/em\u003e is that the marketplace of ideas depends on open and honest discussion rather than on religious content or the lack thereof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crossway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433506543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Retailing\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/2009 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hunter Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138777002165,"sku":"9781433506543","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e9ceabaf-a25d-45a6-aa8c-9573da1f7bb1.jpg?v=1622518194","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/end-of-secularism-9781433506543","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}