{"product_id":"religion-after-the-gods-john-s-jr-haller-9780252049583","title":"Religion After the Gods: Edwin H. Wilson and the American Humanist Association","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe life and work of a religious humanist thinker\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sometimes called America's fourth religion, religious humanism emerged in the Midwest as a product of Enlightenment rationality, the Social Gospel, and the philosophy of pragmatism. John S. Haller Jr. examines religious humanism's first fifty years alongside Edwin H. Wilson's pivotal role in the American Humanist Association (AHA). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Started by a group of Unitarian faculty and students, religious humanism applied the rituals of the theocentric universe of Judeo-Christianity to the non-theistic, anthropocentric universe of agnostics, altruists, humanitarians, and meliorists. Their beliefs found expression in the AHA, founded in 1941 with Wilson as the secretary and editor of its magazine. Wilson's actions in these and other roles weighed heavily on the organization's reputation, influence, successes, and failures. At the same time, his multifaceted work reflected the relationship between power and the possibilities inherent in the pluralistic and democratic heritage he pursued. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rigorous and astute, \u003ci\u003eReligion After the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the tensions between individual aspirations and bureaucratic constraints culminated in hopeful humanist practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John S. Jr. Haller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252049586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252049583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"John S. Jr. Haller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437562409215,"sku":"9780252049583","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_339968bb-6e61-4a24-ade9-836e71c37aae.jpg?v=1777162644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-after-the-gods-john-s-jr-haller-9780252049583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}