Religion as Critique

by Robert J. Ackerman and Robert John Ackermann

While science renews itself by refuting and replacing pictures of how the world is, religion derives its longevity from the ability to create images of how the world ought to be. In this view, religions arise as legitimate protests against prevailing ways of life--that is, as forms of critique. Robert Ackermann here explores this idea, considering the manner in which six major religion systems (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870234625
• ISBN13: 9780870234620
• Release Date: February 1985
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"