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Tables of Contents for Faith, Hype and Clarity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
2
Jonas F. Soltis
Acknowledgments
ix
1. Transcendental Narratives and Education
1
20
Educators, Religion, and the Classroom
2
9
Definitions of Transcendence, Religion, and Spirituality
11
2
What Does the First Amendment Say?
13
1
What Do the Polls Say About Religion in America?
14
1
My Approach to the Topic
15
3
Conclusions
18
3
2. The Fundamentalist Narrative
21
19
What Is Fundamentalism?
21
1
A Brief History
22
3
The Fundamentalist Worldview
25
1
Fundamentalist Texts and Classroom Visitors
26
3
Absolute Truth vs. Modernism
29
3
The Fundamentalist Narrative vs. the Modernist Narrative
32
4
Conclusions
36
4
3. The Failure of the Fundamentalist Narrative
40
18
The Danger of All-Encompassing Narratives
41
4
The Fundamentalist Narrative and Politics
45
3
Texts and Hermeneutics
48
3
Is the Bible Only a Matter of Interpretation?
51
4
Conclusions
55
3
4. The Prophetic Narrative
58
22
The Prophetic Worldview, Fundamentalism, and Modernism
59
3
Early Protestant and Catholic Prophetic Sources
62
3
Two Latter-Day African-American Prophets
65
2
The Prophetic Narrative
67
6
Liberation Theology and Feminist Theology
73
3
Conclusions
76
4
5. The Failure of the Prophetic Narrative
80
22
A Heated Classroom Conversation
81
4
Is This the Story I Truly Want to Live My Life By?
85
4
The Idolatry of the Prophetic Narrative
89
2
Christian Realism and Liberationist/Feminist Theology
91
4
Conclusions
95
7
6. The Alternative Spiritualities Narrative
102
28
An Office Visit
102
4
New Age, Religious, and Secular Sources
106
4
The Alternative Spiritualities Narrative
110
15
Conclusions
125
5
7. The Failure of the Alternative Spiritualities Narrative
130
24
The Three Failures of Neo-Gnosticism
131
1
Elitism and Anti-Intellectualism
132
9
The Incompatibility of Self-Absorption, Global Harmony, and Direct Political Action
141
5
Dilution, Commercialization, and Exploitation
146
5
Conclusions
151
3
8. The Post-Theist Narrative
154
20
Postmodernism and Post-Theism in the Classroom
154
2
What Is the Postmodern Story?
156
3
"But What's Left? Is This All There Is?"
159
6
The Post-Theist as Radical Religious Transformer
165
1
Don Cupitt: "Atheist Priest" and "Heretic's Heretic"
166
4
Conclusions
170
4
9. The Failure of the Post-Theist Narrative
174
23
The Contradictions of a Thoroughgoing Relativism
175
7
The Loss of an Inspiring Reason for Being
182
7
Post-Theism: Hyper-Critical Avant Garde or Healing Presence?
189
6
Conclusions
195
2
References
197
10
Index
207
7
About the Author
214