The Secular Faith Controversy: Religion in Three Dimensions (Issues in contemporary religion)

When God disappears from a secular society, religious beliefs surface in other non-religious sectors of society, e.g. sport as religion. Edward Bailey argues that within and beneath everyday practices of non-religious pursuits lie hidden religious-ethical assumptions that mostly go unnoticed, that is, i.e. implicit rather than explicit. In this volume Bailey sets out what is meant by 'implicit religion,' and proposes a methodology for studying implicit religion and how it can encourage greater understanding between secular and religious spheres.

"...[an] exceptional book, original in its argument, provocative and stimulating in its style and far-reaching in its implications..." -- Implicit Religion 5.1 (2002)

"Here he develops, accessibly and in convenient compass, the matured meaning of the term, 'Implicit Religion'." -- ESSAT-News, March, 2002