The Uses of Idolatry

by William T. Cavanaugh

Book Overview

In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly "secular" world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations.

While Cavanaugh is critical of modern idolatries, his argument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197679056
• ISBN13: 9780197679050
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 8.9"