Time Exposure: The Personal Experience of Time in Secular Societies

by Richard K. Fenn

Book Overview

In his new book, Richard Fenn looks at the way in which we experience time in a secular society. He argues that secularization is virtually synonymous with individualism. Fenn shows that the Church created the idea of individualism through its demysitification of the universe, its insistence on individual self-discipline, and its intensification of individual responsibility for the use of time. Required to take responsibility for his or her own standing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195139534
• ISBN13: 9780195139532
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"