The thesis of the book, bluntly, is that the basic human religious needs and the basic religious functions have not changed very notably since the ice age,” writes Andrew M. Greeley. The changes that have occurred “make religious questions more critical rather than less critical in the contemporary world....There is no reason to think that enthusiastic religious c (...)
October 20, 2006
Books
PBS Watchers
The Truth about Conservative ChristiansWhat They Think and What They BelieveAndrew M. Greeley and Michael HoutUniversity of Chicago Press, $22.50, 216 pp.
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