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Fenn displays great skill and verve in his attempts to grapple with a range of complex issues ... argued with intelligence, passion, and some insight. Journal of Contemporary Religion This is a rich, deeply thought and original book that perplexes and provokes. Theology

"Richard K. Fenn is one of the most creative minds in the sociology of religion and moves with consummate ease over the disputed territory between sociology and theology. In this book he sets out a critique of idols, which undoes sociological concepts like 'Civil Religion' as well as the pseudo-sacred at large. The message is severe and has few comfortable words, the expression is eloquent, and the effect is to make us rethink what we take for granted. --David Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science Taking as his departure point the assumption that secularization is the outcome of the Christianization of western societies, Richard Fenn cuts through the Gordian knot of the secularization debate in sociology to articulate a more encompassing vision of the significance - for religion as well as for society - of the secularization process. Fenn challenges the parameters of contemporary discussion, mounting a powerful and persuasive case in eloquent prose for the benefits, even for religion, of a secular society. No one who is concerned about the problems of social cohesion or the current dilemmas of Christianity can afford to ignore Fenn's penetrating analysis. --Bryan Wilson, All Souls College, Oxford ""Richard Fenn is one of the most original and dulcet voices in the study of religion.""--Nicholas Jay Demerath, III, University of Massachusetts at Amherst"

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