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Sacro-Egoism: The Rise of Religious Individualism in the West discusses the relationship between secularization, participation in religious practices and belief, and the emergence of radical individualized expressions of faith in the West. Using McMinnville, Oregon, as a case study, it presents the data collected and analyzed from several churches, denominations, and spiritual settings in that unassuming town, and compares it to the results of Heelas and Woodhead's «Spiritual Revolution» project, arriving at a provocative conclusion. Rather than abandoning Christianity for alternative spirituality practices, McMinnville citizens still feel strongly about their Christian faith, taking their spiritual walk to a more personal level than ever before in church history. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research, along with personal stories of faith and exploration from McMinnville residents themselves, Sacro-Egoism: The Rise of Religious Individualism in the West tells a story of radical individualists who have become the highest religious authority in their lives–even over the church, the Bible, and traditional Christian society.

Inizialmente, l’egoismo era definito come la capacita di agire in accordo con la voce della ragione e negli interessi personali. Ma questo concetto sembrava essere dimenticato e bloccato da un altro. E difficile definirlo un errore accidentale, e piu una deliberata distorsione dei fatti, solo gli altruisti ne traggono beneficio.

Unsere Vorstellung von der Welt um uns herum ist von verschiedenen Konzepten gepragt. Doch aus irgendeinem Grunde in der Erziehung unserer Vokabular oft das Konzept eines gesunden Ego eliminiert wird, das Wort «egoistisch» erscheint nur in einer negativen, auch missbrauchlich Farbe.

Cette position est-elle correcte? La reponse a cette question a essaye de formuler dans son nouveau livre, Peter Schwartz, un scientifique americain bien connu, qui a occupe une position elevee dans l’Institut Rand Ayn. Il a pu demystifier un certain nombre de mythes concernant les manifestations de l’egoisme et d’etablir que chacun d’entre nous a le droit de prendre soin de leurs propres interets et d’utiliser les ressources pour leurs propres besoins.