{"product_id":"the-god-problem-robert-wuthnow-9780520274280","title":"The God Problem: Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable","description":"The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In \u003ci\u003eThe God Problem\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of \"joiners.\" Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do this--not by coming up with rational proofs for the existence of God--but by adopting subtle usages of language that keep us from making unreasonable claims about God. In an illuminating narrative that reveals the complex negotiations many undertake in order to be religious in the modern world, Wuthnow probes the ways of talking that occur in prayers, in discussions about God, in views of heaven, in understandings of natural catastrophes and personal tragedies, and in attempts to reconcile faith with science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Wuthnow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520274288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520274280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 6.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2012 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2012 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013","brand":"Robert Wuthnow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919951200511,"sku":"9780520274280","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e2a328bc-9451-43c4-8d3e-4e1205e12d2a.jpg?v=1680812813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-god-problem-robert-wuthnow-9780520274280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}