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American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith by Robert J. Lacey (review)

American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith by Robert J. Lacey (review) American Journal of Theology and Philosophy moral and religious beliefs so that these significant dimensions of human life can function at their best. In my estimation, this is a landmark book, one that will or ought to shape current and future reflection on the conjunction of morality and religion. Teehan not only summarizes and organizes the most important results in the social and natural sciences, especially in cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, that are relevant to morality and religion, but he applies them successfully to interpret the Western religious traditions in order to make sense of both the positive and negative consequences of religious morality. Even more importantly, he offers a compelling proposal about how we might best respond to the deepest and most dangerous aspects of that morality. One need not agree with him on any of his conclusions to see that it will be hard to move forward in the field of religious morality without confronting this significant text. American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith. Robert J. Lacey. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. 296 pp. $45, cloth. (Reviewed by Daniel Morris, Augustana College). Robert J. Lacey has reservations about both the philosophical roots and the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

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American Journal of Theology and Philosophy moral and religious beliefs so that these significant dimensions of human life can function at their best. In my estimation, this is a landmark book, one that will or ought to shape current and future reflection on the conjunction of morality and religion. Teehan not only summarizes and organizes the most important results in the social and natural sciences, especially in cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, that are relevant to morality and religion, but he applies them successfully to interpret the Western religious traditions in order to make sense of both the positive and negative consequences of religious morality. Even more importantly, he offers a compelling proposal about how we might best respond to the deepest and most dangerous aspects of that morality. One need not agree with him on any of his conclusions to see that it will be hard to move forward in the field of religious morality without confronting this significant text. American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith. Robert J. Lacey. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. 296 pp. $45, cloth. (Reviewed by Daniel Morris, Augustana College). Robert J. Lacey has reservations about both the philosophical roots and the

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Published: Nov 22, 2013

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