the personal experience of time in secular societies /
First Statement of Responsibility
Richard K. Fenn.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 166 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This work looks at the way in which we experience time in secular societies. In Fenn's view, secularization is virtually synonymous with individualism. Although it is often the Church that decries modern individualism, he says, it is in fact the Church that created it, by its demystification of the universe, its insistence on individual self-discipline, and its intensification of individual responsibility for the use of time. The result was a profound change in the way in which time is experienced by the individual. Fenn offers an exploration of our modern experience of time, as expressed in such phrases as "wasting time" and "making up for lost time". He is particularly interested in the idea and experience of waiting, which he believes to be a defining characteristic of modern life.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Time exposure.
International Standard Book Number
0195139534
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Secularization-- History.
Time-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines.
Time-- Social aspects-- History.
RELIGION-- Christian Life-- Social Issues.
RELIGION-- Christianity-- General.
Secularization.
Time-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines.