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| Introduction |
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| Part One: Modernity's Tunnel |
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Who's Right About Reality: Traditionalists, Modernists, or the Postmoderns? |
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Modernity's Cosmological Achievement |
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Postmodernism's Fairness Revolution |
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The Traditional Worldview |
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The Great Outdoors and the Tunnel Within It |
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Worldviews: The Big Picture |
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Weighing the Alternatives |
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Sweetening the Sour Apple |
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How Much Is at Stake. Conclusion |
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The Tunnel's Floor: Scientism |
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The Tilt of the Negotiating Table |
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The Tunnel's Left Wall: Higher Education |
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The Pull of Science on Other Disciplines |
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From Nonbelief to Disbelief |
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The Ineffectiveness of the Theological Response |
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The New Professionalism. Conclusion |
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The Tunnel's Roof: The Media |
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Who Pays the Piper? Conclusion |
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The Tunnel's Rights Wall: The Law |
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Employment Division v. Smith |
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
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| Part Two: The Light at the Tunnel's End |
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Light Subjectively Experienced |
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Is Light Increasing: Two Scenarios |
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God Is Dead. The Eyes of Faith |
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Discerning the Signs of the Times |
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Counterculture and the New Age Movement |
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Four Modern Giants Revisited |
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Three Sciences and the Road Ahead |
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The Cow That Stands on Three Legs |
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A Sidewise Glance at the Social Scene |
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The Great Divide. Subdivisions |
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Topdown Causation and the Multiple Degrees of Reality |
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Spiritual Personality Types |
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The Atheist: There Is No God |
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The Polytheist: There Are Many Gods |
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The Principle of One-Way Mirrors |
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The Monotheist: There Is One God |
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The Mystic: There Is Only God |
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Spirit and Its Outworkings |
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| Epilogue |
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