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This book provides a new rationale for "religious criticism" in American society. First, Dean shows why today's academic intellectuals are relatively indifferent to questions of meaning in America, pointing to the loss of American "exceptionalism," the professionalization of the academy, and the rise of post-structural criticism. He then shows how intellectuals may reclaim a prophetic role by offering a new theory of the nature of religious thought. Tracing this theory to a twentieth-century emphasis on conventions, Dean provides a way to understand how imaginative social constructions can become active historical conventions, with real historical force. He suggests that the sacred itself begins as an imaginative construct and becomes a convention, thus working as an active, "living" force in history. Finally, Dean argues that religious critics must now reclaim a responsibility for shaping their society's sacred conventions.
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Deanna Rivard
reviewed The religious critic in American culture on June 10, 2012
The religious critic in American culture
This book is OK as far as presenting abstract algebra in the usual way to undergrads. Competent explanations of the basics of groups, rings, and fields. Numerous easy exercises, which is fine, although it might be nice if there were more challenging ones too.
There are two problems.
The first problem is, I don't believe in the purely abstract approach to teaching a first course in algebra which this book uses. This book doesn't give you any real idea what the heck algebra is good for and doesn't provide any real connections to anything else. The attempts to liven things up with silly quotes and bios give the book a condescending middle school type feel. I would rather the author attract readers' interest by showing them the power of the algebraic structures discussed. Groups and rings are extremely powerful concepts, but to read this book you would think they are just a game where you write down some axioms and see what random statements you can prove. (None of this is unique to this book. It seems students are simply not expected to see algebra put to any use until grad school, if at all.)
The second problem is, this book sells for $170. There is no excuse for this. It is simply disgusting. No one should buy this book or require it for a course at such an exorbitant price. It doesn't do your laundry or cook you breakfast. A $12 Dover book would do fine.
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